Gheorghe Şincai (English spelling)

Japanese: シンカイ（英語表記）Gheorghe Şincai

1754‐1816
A Romanian historian and linguist from Transylvania. After completing his studies in his hometown, he studied at Uniate schools in Rome and Vienna, during which time he collected a vast amount of historical material on the Romanian people and their language. After returning to Russia, he worked as an educator to promote mother-tongue education, while also devoting himself to writing books that argue for the historical continuity of the Latin people in the region north of the Danube, which were published after his death. He is one of the leading figures of the so-called Transylvanian School. [Hagiwara Nao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1754‐1816
トランシルバニア出身のルーマニア人の歴史家，言語学者。故郷での学業を終えたのち，ローマとウィーンで合同教会派のための学校に学び，その間にルーマニア民族とその言語に関する膨大な史料を収集した。帰国後は教育者として母語教育の普及に尽力する一方，ドナウ北岸地域におけるラテン系住民の歴史的連続性を主張する著述に専念し，それは彼の死後出版された。いわゆるトランシルバニア学派の代表的人物の一人である。【萩原直】

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