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Dr. Arcadius Avellanus (1851-1935) was a Latin scholar, professor, translator, and a proponent of Living Latin.

Born in Hungary in 1851, Dr. Avellanus came to the United States in 1878. He had studied extensively in Europe and became so proficient in the Latin language that on every occasion he used it in preference to Hungarian or English. His name was originally Arkad Mogyorossy, but after his arrival in the United States he changed it to what he considered the Latin equivalent.

In 1894, Dr. Avellanus became editor in Philadelphia of the Praeco Latinus (Latin Herald), a position he held for a number of years. He later became a professor and taught at a number of institutions in the United States, including St. John's College in Brooklyn.

His ardent love of Latin led Dr. Avellanus to form a latin-speaking club known as the Societas Gentium Latina, Inc. On his eightieth birthday the club held a dinner in his honor in one of the Hungarian restaurants where he gathered nightly with friends with whom he could converse in Latin.

Dr. Avellanus has translated and written a number of publications in Latin. His best known works are Palaestra, a primer for spoken Latin; Arena Palaestarum, Robinson Crusaeus, Medulla, The Colloquia of Maturinus Corderius, Fabulae Tusculanae, and translations of Ruskin's King of the Golden River and of The Adventures of Captain Mago.