Francysk Skaryna

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Francysk Skaryna
Born	Francišak Skaryna 1470 (1470) Polotsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (now in Belarus)
Died	1551/29 January 1552 (aged 81-82) Prague, Bohemia
Occupation(s)	humanist, physician, and translator
Known for	one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in all of Eastern Europe

Francysk Skaryna (alternative transcriptions of his name: Francišak Skaryna or Francisk Skaryna; Latin: Franciscus Scorina, Belarusian: Францыск (Францішак)^[1] Скарына [franˈt͡sɨsk skaˈrɨna]; Lithuanian: Pranciškus Skorina; Polish: Franciszek Skaryna, Czech: František Skorina; 1470^[2] – 1551/29 January 1552) was a Belarusian humanist, physician, and translator. He is known to be one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in all of Eastern Europe, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod [ru] of the Church Slavonic language.^{[citation needed]}