Pranas Čepėnas

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Pranas Čepėnas (born on April 4, 1899 in Velaikiai village near Utena, died on December 3, 1980 in Worcester, Massachusetts) was a Lithuanian historian, encyclopedist, journalist, and lexicographer. In 1926 Čepėnas earned a diploma in history from University of Lithuania. He worked as professor of history at Vilnius University. During World War II he emigrated to Germany and later to the U.S.

[edit] Major works

• Editor of interwar Lietuviškoji enciklopedija (Lithuanian Encyclopedia) and Dictionary of International Words.
• Naujųjų laikų Lietuvos istorija vol I and II (1988), English: History of Lithuania in Modern Times
• Editor of Lietuviškoji enciklopedija printed in Boston.

[edit] External links

(Lithuanian) Article about his book in Lituanus magazine.