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Adolf Dobrovolný
Adolf Dobrovolný (8 May 1864 – 17 January 1934) was a Czech actor and a radio announcer, the first regular radio news reporter in Czechoslovakia. Early life and theatre career Dobrovolný was born in Postoloprty, a small town on the Czech–German language border in Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire. His father was a watchmaker, and Adolf was taught the craft which he also practised for several years.:cs:Ottův divadelní slovník, Ottův divadelní slovník, ed. Karel Kamínek, Karel Engelmüller, 1914–1919 At the age of 19 he joined an itinerant theater, and in 1897 he started to act in Švanda Theatre, Smíchov, Prague. From 1900 to 1906 he was a director and actor at Ljubljana National Drama Theatre, Slovene National Theatre in Ljubljana (then in the Slovenian part of the Austrian Empire). In time, he also played several roles in the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and also the role of Napoleon in ''Madame Sans-Gêne (pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Dobrovolny
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinisation (literature), Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German language, German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in various Central European and East European countries with non-Germanic languages, such as Lithuanian language, Lithuanian Adolfas and Latvian language, Latvian Ādolfs. Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus, the English historian. The female forms Adolphine (name), Adolphine and Adolpha are far more rare than the male names. The name is a Compound (linguistics), compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', meaning "noble" (or '':wikt:hadu-, had(u)''-, meaning "battle, combat"), and ''wolf''. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon name ''Æthelwulf'' (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
