Jokūbas Šernas
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Jokūbas Šernas (1888-1926) was a Lithuanian attorney, journalist, teacher, and banker, one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania.
Born in Biržai, he studied law at the University of St. Petersburg, graduating in 1914. After he returned to Lithuania, he worked in Vilnius for various political causes centering around independence, and taught at the Vilnius Gymnasium, as well as editing Lietuvos žinios (Lithuanian News). He helped organize the Vilnius Conference, and was elected to the Council of Lithuania, signing the Act in 1918.
After independence Å ernas served in the organizations working to establish democratic institutions in the new state, including the Ministry of the Interior. He founded and edited the journal SavivaldybÄ—s (Self Government), and was appointed director of the Commerce and Industry Bank.
He was the father of the actor Jacques Sernas, but died in Kaunas in 1926, only a year after his son was born in 1925.
[edit] References
- " Å ernas, JokÅ«bas". Encyclopedia Lituanica V: 123. (1970-1978). Ed. Simas SužiedÄ—lis. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas KapoÄius. LCC 74-114275.
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 Saliamonas Banaitis | Jonas BasanaviÄius | Mykolas BiržiÅ¡ka | Kazys Bizauskas | Pranas Dovydaitis | Steponas Kairys | Petras Klimas | Donatas Malinauskas | Vladas Mironas | Stanislovas NarutaviÄius | Alfonsas Petrulis | Antanas Smetona | Jonas SmilgeviÄius | Justinas Staugaitis | Aleksandras Stulginskis | Jurgis Å aulys | Kazimieras Steponas Å aulys | JokÅ«bas Å ernas | Jonas Vailokaitis | Jonas VileiÅ¡is |
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