Jurgis Pliateris | |
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| Born | Jurgis Jonas Vincentas Broel Pliateris 15 July 1810 Memel (Klaipėda), East Prussia |
| Died | 5 February 1836 (aged 25) Raseiniai, Russian Empire |
| Buried | Švėkšna |
| Noble family | Plater |
| Spouse(s) | Natalia Mikszewicz |
| Father | Jerzy Plater (1780–1825) |
| Mother | Karolina Giedroyć (1770–1820) |
Graf Jurgis Konstantinas Broel Pliateris (Polish: Jerzy Konstanty Broel-Plater; 1810–1836) was a bibliographer and researcher of the Lithuanian language and literature. He was an activist of the early stages of the Lithuanian National Revival.[1]
A member of the nobility, Pliateris received his liberal arts and literature education at Vilnius University. He visited various archives, including those in Königsberg, East Prussia, researching Lithuanian language and literature. He collaborated with several researchers, including Simonas Stanevičius whom he employed as his secretary and librarian and professor Ludwig Rhesa. Pliateris wrote several studies, but many were unfinished and none were published due to his early death. His key surviving work in an unfinished bibliographical study of Lithuanian books published to date. He also collected various historical artifacts and amassed a personal library of about 3,000 volumes. It included some old and rare books and manuscripts, but many items were lost and remaining few were dispersed among various libraries and collections.