 Petru Maior

Petru Maior (; 1761 in Marosvásárhely "(now Târgu Mureș, Romania)" – 14 February 1821 in Budapest) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the "Transylvanian School").Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist.