| Juraj Fándly | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 October 1750 Častá, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia) |
| Died | 7 March 1811 (aged 60) Doľany, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Juraj Fándly (Hungarian: Fándly György, originally German: Fandl; 21 October 1750 – 7 March 1811) was a Slovak writer, Catholic priest and an entomologist (bee-keeper).
He was born in Častá, Kingdom of Hungary into a craftsman-farmer's family. His father died soon after his birth, and mother moved to the neighbouring village of Doľany, where he also visited elementary school. He later studied at a Piarist gymnasium in Svätý Jur, later studied theology in Buda (today part of Budapest) and Trnava. Due to his weak health he wasn't accepted into any religious order. In 1776 he was ordained and started working as a chaplain in Sereď (1776), for a short time in Lukáčovce (1780), finally working as a priest in Naháč in the present-day Trnava District, from 1780 to 1807. In the meantime he also worked as a secretary in the Slovenské učené tovarišstvo (Slovak Educated Brotherhood) (1792). Later, he retired to his home back in in Doľany, where he lived until his death in 1811, and composed poetry.