František Vilém Rosický (17 December 1847 – 17 July 1909) was a botanist and pedagogue from

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. Along with his brother Josef, he published a book on the seasonal flowering plants of

. His son Vojtěch Rosický (1880–1942) was a mineralogist and Nazi victim.

Life and work

Rosický was born in Nové Dvory, the son of Vojtěch and Marie née Běloušková. He worked in

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from 1870 as a school teacher and married Maria Webrová in 1877. He became involved in local natural history. From 1888 he headed a gymnasium in

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and from 1894 he was a school inspector. He wrote a popular science text on the Spring flowers in 1885. In 1876 he wrote on the myriapods of Bohemia. His brother Josef (b. 1860) was also a school teacher and wrote books on the seasonal flora.

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Stonožky země České
(1876)
Die Myriopoden Böhmens
(1876)
Rostlinopis pro ústavy ku vzdělání učitelů a učitelek
(1909)
Rosického Botanika pre vyššie triedy stredných škôl
(1921)
Dra Al. Pokorného Názorný přírodopis živočišstva
(1891)
Názorný přírodopis živočišstva
(1894)
Květiny jarní ze zvláštním zřetelem ku květeně domácí
(1885) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosicky, Frantisek 1847 births 1909 deaths People from Žďár nad Sázavou District Botanists from Bohemia Czech zoologists