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Jiri Zidek (paleontologist)
Dr. Jiri Zidek (active 1970-2000s) is a Czechs, Czech-born American paleontologist and entomologist. He was founder of the ''Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology'' at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. , Scarab Workers — World Directory, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, State Museum. "Despite undergraduate training in entomology, much of my academic was spent in vertebrate zoology/paleontology and science editing." Publications * Kansas Hamilton Quarry (Upper Pennsylvanian) Acanthodes, with remarks on the previously reported North American occurrences of the genus J Zidek - 1976References Czech paleontologists University of Oklahoma faculty Living people American paleontologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{CzechRepublic-s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechs
The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language. Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until the early 20th century, referring to the former name of their country, Bohemia, which in turn was adapted from the late Iron Age tribe of Celtic Boii. During the Migration Period, West Slavic tribes settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations", and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was initially part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic. The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
