Ignas Jonynas

Ignas Jonynas
Born(1884-01-24)24 January 1884
Atesninkai, Suwałki Governorate, Congress Poland
Died14 July 1954(1954-07-14) (aged 70)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Alma materImperial Moscow University
University of Grenoble
OccupationsDiplomat, historian, professor
Employer(s)Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
University of Lithuania
Vilnius University

Ignas Jonynas (24 January 1884 – 14 July 1954) was a Lithuanian diplomat, historian, and university professor. As a diplomat he is known for negotiations with the Second Polish Republic and League of Nations regarding Vilnius Region. As a historian he specialized in the history of Lithuania in the 13–16th centuries and lectured at the University of Lithuania and Vilnius University from 1924 until his death. He published little, but had a formative influence on the subsequent generations of historians.

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