Antonín Chráska

Antonín Chráska (also Anton Chraska) (3 October 1868, Horní Radechová, Austria-Hungary - 15 March 1953, Nové Město nad Metují, Czechoslovia) was a Czech Protestant missionary, translator and theologian. Chráska translated the Protestant Bible into the Slovene language for the first time since the 1584 Dalmatian Bible. Born into a family of weavers, Chráska decided to study theology at the age of 21. In 1897 he married and moved with his wife to Ljubljana, where he learned Slovene and began missionary work.

Antonín Chráska

Antonín Chráska (also Anton Chraska) (3 October 1868, Horní Radechová, Austria-Hungary - 15 March 1953, Nové Město nad Metují, Czechoslovia) was a Czech Protestant missionary, translator and theologian. Chráska translated the Protestant Bible into the Slovene language for the first time since the 1584 Dalmatian Bible. Born into a family of weavers, Chráska decided to study theology at the age of 21. In 1897 he married and moved with his wife to Ljubljana, where he learned Slovene and began missionary work.