Jan Hus

Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech Christian theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus is considered to be the first Church reformer, even though some designate the theorist John Wycliffe. His teachings had a strong influence, most immediately in the approval of a reformed Bohemian religious denomination and, over a century later, on Martin Luther.

Occupation

translator, theologian, university teacher, writer

Position held

professor, rector

Citizenship

Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire

Born

1369, 1372, 1371, 1370

Died

July 6, 1415