 Jorģis Zemitāns

Jorģis Zemitāns (23 February 1873, Skrīveri parish – 16 January 1928, Riga ) was an army officer and commander of the Latvian Northern Brigade during the Latvian War of Independence.Jorģis Zemitāns was born on 23 February 1873 in Skrīveri parish, Livonia Governorate.In 1892 he graduated Realschule in Mitau (Jelgava) and joined the army of the Russian Empire in 1892 and completed his military education at the Vilnius Military Academy in 1897.