Jan Hus (/hʊs/; Czech: [ˈjan ˈɦus] (About this sound listen); c. 1369 – 6 July 1415), sometimes Anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, also referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss) was a Czech theologian, Catholic priest, philosopher, master, dean, and rector[3] of the Charles University in Prague who became a church reformer, an inspirer of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation.