Bedřich Procházka (4 July 1855 in
Rakovník
Rakovník (, german: Rakonitz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
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– 3 January 1934 in
Prague
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) was a
Czechoslovak
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mathematician. He was granted an
honorary doctorate
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from the
Czech Technical University in Prague in 1925.
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1855 births
1934 deaths
People from Rakovník
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovak mathematicians
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