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Ernst Glück

1654–1705 · 17th century

Ernst Glück was a German Lutheran pastor in Swedish Livonia who translated the Bible into Latvian, published in 1685–1694, and worked on an Estonian translation. Based at Marienburg (Alūksne), he also founded schools for Latvian peasants. Captured by the Russians in 1702, he was taken to Moscow, where he ran a school; his ward Marta Skavronska later became Empress Catherine I.

Ernst Glück
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Swedish Livonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ernst Glück. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ernst-gluck
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