Daniel Adam z Veleslavína

Daniel Adam z Veleslavína was a Czech lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer. He studied at the University of Prague, and from 1569 to 1575 he was professor there. He left his professorship when he married the daughter of the publisher Jiří Melantrich z Aventina, as professors were required to keep celibacy. He started to work for his father-in-law, and after Melantrich’s death continued to run the pres alone. During his printing career, Adam translated and published many historical, religious, and scientific books, while he himself wrote only one book, the Kalendář historický (Historical Calendar, an overview of European history). His Czech was regarded as classical, and was praised by literary historians as a writer of genius.