Humanista Jerzy Werner – wychowanek Akademii Krakowskiej
Humanist Jerzy Werner – the alumnus of Kraków Academy

Summary/Abstract: Jerzy Werner (Georg Wernher) was born in the last decade of the 15th century in a Silesian town of Paczków. He obtained elementary and secondary education in Silesia, began university education at Wittenberg University and continued his studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He completed his studies in Kraków in 1519 and obtained a degree of Bachelor of Free Arts. At the beginning of 1520s following perhaps the example of other humanists, he moved to Hungary, which thus became his new homeland. At the beginning of 1524 he started working as a town clerk in Prešov (Eperies) and in 1526 he became a member of the town council as a town notary. During monarchical quarrels after the defeat at Moháč (Mohács), he became the follower of Ferdinand Habsburg. In 1533 Georg Werner was employed as an adviser to Hungarian Chamber. In 1538 he became the captain of Šariš (Sáros) castle, appointed by Ferdinand I. His most widely known work is De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation which describes the peculiarities of Hungarian waters and wells. He died in 1556 in Prešov (Eperies).

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