Jānis Endzelīns

Jānis Endzelīns (22 February 1873 – 1 July 1961) was a Latvian linguist.

Jānis Endzelīns
Born	(1873-02-22)22 February 1873 Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	1 July 1961(1961-07-01) (aged 88) Koknese, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Latvian
Alma mater	University of Dorpat
Awards	Order of the Three Stars Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star Order of the White Lion Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

He graduated from the University of Tartu.^[1] In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs developed the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1936. His son was chess master Lūcijs Endzelīns.^[2]