Petru Maior

Petru Maior (; 1756 in Marosvásárhely ''(now Târgu Mureș, Romania)'' – 14 February 1821 in Buda) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the ''Transylvanian School''). Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist. Provided by Wikipedia