Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas

Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas (August 7, 1859 in Šmuiliškė, Augustów Governorate – August 5, 1922 in Chicago, United States) was a Lithuanian scientific writer and a book smuggler (knygnešiai) during the Lithuanian press ban.

He contributed to the Lithuanian-language newspapers Varpas and Aušra. In 1895 he moved to the United States where he worked as editor of the Lithuanian weekly Lietuva. In 1900s he published several popular science books about biology, ethnology, geography, history of writing.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 59975452

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