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Josef Ladislav Píč (January 19, 1847 in
Mšeno Mšeno (; german: Wemschen) is a town in Mělník District the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative part ...
near
Mělník Mělník (; german: Melnik) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Mělník lies in one of the most im ...
– December 19, 1911 in
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) was
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archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
and
paleontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
, one of founders of modern Czech archaeology. Píč studied history and Slavic languages at the
Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...
(then called ''Karl-Ferdinand University''). In 1883, he became
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of history at the university. Since 1893, he was named custodian and later director of archeologic collection at the
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(then named ''České museum'') in Prague. Píč created and maintained collection prehistoric artefacts. His major literary work was ''Starožitnosti země české'' (1899–1909), in three parts, about ancient history of Czech lands. Exhaustion, conflicts with colleagues about his work and involvement in fights over validity of '' Rukopis královédvorský a zelenohorský'' drove him to suicide. Czech archaeologists Czech paleontologists 1847 births 1911 suicides Suicides by firearm in the Czech Republic Charles University alumni 1911 deaths {{archaeologist-stub