Education
Adam Veleslavín studied at the University of Prague, and from 1569 to 1575 he was professor there.
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Adam Veleslavín studied at the University of Prague, and from 1569 to 1575 he was professor there.
Veleslavína is the genitive declension of Veleslavín, a district of today"s Greater Prague)
He started working at the print press and later took it over. He and his collaborators translated and published many historical, religious, and scientific books Adam himself wrote only one book, the Kalendář historický (Historical Calendar, 1578 and 1590, an overview of European history).
His work of most impact was publishing a Czechoslovakian translation of the Bible – the Bible kralická (six volumes, between 1579 and 1594).
The language used in the translation was considered the best literary language in the Czechoslovakian lands and in the area of today"s Slovakia (the so-called bibličtina, Bible language).