Huss, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...

John Huss, Priest and Martyr 6 July 1415 (John Fisher, Bishop and Martyr 22 June 1535) (Thomas More, Martyr 6 July 1535) John Huss (Jan Hus) was born in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) in about 1371. He received a master's degree from Charles University in Prague in 1396, became a professor of theology in 1398, was ordained to the priesthood in 1400, was made rector of the University in ...