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Josef Richard Vilímek (1860–1938)
Josef Richard Vilímek (14 September 1860 – 6 November 1938) was a Czech publisher. He was owner of the famous publishing house ''J. R. Vilímek''. Life Vilímek was born in Prague. His father, Josef Richard Vilímek (1835–1911), was the head of the family-owned publishing house ''Josef Richard Vilimek''. Vilímek junior learned the business in his father's firm, as well as periods abroad. In 1885 he took over the firm, and expanded its production to become one of the best-known Czech publishers of the time (together with Jan Otto and František Topič). Among its most popular titles were novels by Jules Verne (52 books in several editions), Karl May, and Arthur Conan Doyle. In 1891 he became the first publisher in Czech lands using a rotary printing press. In 1899 a fire destroyed the company's building, but the company survived. In the late 1920s the building and technology were modernized. Starting in the late 1920s, the painter Zdeněk Burian illustrated many of Vilímek' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedřich Fučík
Bedřich is a Czech masculine given name, a Czech variant of the German name Friedrich (given name), Friedrich and English Frederick (given name), Frederick. It also appears as a surname (feminine: Bedřichová). Feminine counterpart of the given name is Bedřiška. Notable people with the name include: Given name Sports *Bedřich Brunclík (born 1946), Czech ice hockey player *Bedřich Dvořák (1930–2018), Czech sprint canoeist *Bedrich Formánek (1933–2023), Slovak chess composer *Bedřich Hamsa (born 1965), Czech footballer *Bedřich Köhler (born 1985), Czech ice hockey player *Bedřich Nikodém (1909–1970), Czech table tennis player, composer and musician *Bedřich Posselt, Czech luger and bobsledder *Bedřich Ščerban (born 1964), Czech ice hockey player *Bedřich Schejbal (1874–?), Czech fencer *Bedřich Šupčík (1898–1957), Czech gymnast Arts *Beda Batka, born Bedřich Baťka (1922–1994), Czech-American cinematographer *Miroslav Bedřich Böhnel (1886 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
