to believe in the possibility of accomplishing their purpose. Jablonski's next plan was to reform the Church of Prussia by introducing into it the episcopate, and also the liturgy of the Church of England, but here again he was unsuccessful. Academic achievements As a scholar, Jablonski brought out a Hebrew edition of the Old Testament, and translated Bentley's A Confutation of Atheism into Latin (1696). He had some share in founding the Brandenburgische Societät der Wissenschaften. Between 1700 and 1731 he became secretary of the Academy and vice president in 1710, 1715, 1719, 1723, 1727, 1729, 1731 and 1733. Between 1710 and 1731 Jablonski was director of the Philology and Oriental Studies at the Academy. Between 1733 and 1741 was president of the Academy. He received a degree from the university of Oxford. References External links 1660 births 1741 deaths 18th-century German Protestant theologians Czech theologians German people of Czech descent Bishops of the Moravian Church Writers of the Moravian Church Brandenburg-Prussia 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth people People from Royal Prussia People from Gdańsk County German people of the Moravian Church Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences European University Viadrina alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford 17th-century bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Fellows of the Royal Society German male non-fiction writers