Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868

Frederic Baraga was born on June 29, 1797 in a Slovene province of Dobrinic, Carniola, later known as Slovenia. After receiving his preparatory education in Ljubljana, where his talent for languages was marked, he studied law at the University of Vienna. Upon graduation in 1821 he broke his engagement to marry, renounced his inheritance, and entered Ljubljana's seminary. He was ordained September 21, 1823. In 1830 he emigrated to the United States, and devoted thirty- six years of his life to the Ojibwa and Ottawa. In 1843 he was apponted to the parish at L'Anse (Michigan) on Keweenaw Bay. His books on the grammar and vocabulary of the Ojibway language are still accepted as standard texts. He died on January 19, 1868.

From the description of The Frederic Baraga papers. 1831-1896. (Catholic University of America). WorldCat record id: 133154166

...