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Jan Nepomuk Woldřich
Jan Nepomuk Woldřich (; 15 July 1834 – 3 February 1906) was a Czech-Austrian geologist, paleontologist and amateur archaeologist. He served as a professor at the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. Biography Woldřich was born in Zdíkov in Bohemia, Austrian Empire, to the family of a tailor. His father was Jozef and his mother was Terezie. He went to the school in Zdíkovec and gymnasium in České Budějovice before joining the University of Vienna. From 1859 he taught at secondary schools including the Salzburg State Gymnasium (1862–1869), before becoming a professor of geology and paleontology at the Bohemian University of Prague in 1893, working there until 1905. His work included studies on the Climate of Salzburg, fossils from Bohemia and on prehistoric life. From 1874 he began to examine prehistoric settlements, taking part in archaeological digs. He helped establish a school and industrial school in Zdíkov. He was made dean of the faculty of philosophy tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Bayer
František Bayer (15 June 1854 – 5 April 1936) was a Czech zoologist, paleontologist and teacher. He taught at secondary schools before becoming director of the Jiráskovo Gymnasium in Prague. In his spare time he worked on the Cretaceous vertebrates of the region. He specialized in the fishes although he also described birds, amphibians and reptiles. The taxonomic affinities of some of the taxa he described have since been redetermined. He also took an interest in music, both composing and writing about music. Biography Bayer was born in Mšené-lázně and studied at the Písek gymnasium (1865–1873) before entering the Charles University, University of Prague. After graduating in the natural sciences and mathematics with physics and obtaining a teaching certificat in 1880 he began to teach in grammar schools. In 1882 he described a bird fossil, ''Anas basaltica'' from tuffs near Varnsdorf. It was later placed in the genus ''Ardea''. He described another fossil that he again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles University
Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the oldest university north of the Alps and east of University of Paris, Paris. Today, the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Plzeň. History Medieval university (1349–1419) The establishment of a medieval university in Prague was inspired by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. He requested his friend and ally, Pope Clement VI, to create the university. On 26 January 1347, the pope issued the bull establishing a university in Prague, modeled on the University of Paris, with all four faculty (division), faculties, including theology. On 7 April 1348 Charles, the king of Bohemia, gave to the established university privileges and immunities from the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdíkov
Zdíkov is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Zdíkov lies approximately west of Prachatice, west of České Budějovice, and south-west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P .... Administrative division Zdíkov consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zdíkov (1,089) *Branišov (61) *Hodonín (39) *Masákova Lhota (107) *Nový Dvůr (79) *Putkov (52) *Račov (57) *Zdíkovec (128) *Žírec (22) Demographics Notable people * Jan Nepomuk Woldřich (1834–1906), Czech-Austrian geologist and paleontologist References External links * Villages in Prachatice District {{SouthBohemia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia (), sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, was a History of the Czech lands in the High Middle Ages, medieval and History of the Czech lands, early modern monarchy in Central Europe. It was the predecessor state of the modern Czech Republic. The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire. The List of Bohemian monarchs, Bohemian king was a prince-elector of the empire. The kings of Bohemia, besides the region of Bohemia itself, also ruled other Lands of the Bohemian Crown, lands belonging to the Bohemian Crown, which at various times included Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia, and parts of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Bavaria. The kingdom was established by the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century by the Duchy of Bohemia, later ruled by the House of Luxembourg, the Jagiellonian dynasty, and from 1526 the House of Habsburg and its successor, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Numerous kings of Bohemia were also elected Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, it was the third most populous monarchy in Europe after the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, while geographically, it was the third-largest empire in Europe after the Russian Empire and the First French Empire. The empire was proclaimed by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II in 1804 in response to Napoleon's declaration of the First French Empire, unifying all Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg possessions under one central government. It remained part of the Holy Roman Empire until the latter's dissolution in 1806. It continued fighting against Napoleon throughout the Napoleonic Wars, except for a period between 1809 and 1813, when Austria was first allied with Napoleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
