Jan Vladimír Hráský (20 April 1857 – 12 April 1939) was a

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and

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Life

Hráský was born on 20 April 1857 in Babule, Galicia. He studied on a

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, then he studied civil engineering on the

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(CTU) until 1878. In 1884–1897, he worked in

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, Slovenia. In 1900–1901 he was the rector of the CTU, then he was a dean of various fields. He left the university in 1922. In addition to his position at the university, he served as a member of the

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in Vienna from 1907 to 1918. He died on 12 April 1939 in Prague. He was buried in his family tomb in Kluk (part of

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Work

Through his scientific, professional and publishing activities, he contributed to the development of water management in

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. He participated in the construction development of the spa town of

. Hráský is known in

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as an original author of building in the

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style of Carniolan Provincial Manor in

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(1899–1902), where from 1919 is a seat of the

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, and of the

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, where today is a seat of municipality (constructed in 1895–1896). In the 1890s, he had also designed the railway bridge in

Radeče Radeče (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 88–89.) is a small town in the Lower Sava Valley in eastern Slovenia. It is located in ...

. In 1892, the Provincial Theatre (Slovene: ''Deželno gledališče'') in the Neo-Renaissance style was built in Ljubljana, today's

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, after his and Anton Hruby design. In 1898, he built plans for constructing of water supply tower in

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(constructed in 1909–1911).

Honours

In 1912, he became a honorary citizen of

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. In 1915, he became a honorary citizen of Poděbrady.

Gallery

Opera-Ljubljana.JPG,

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(1892) Celje, Narodni dom IMG 0374.JPG,

(1896) Nymburk, vodárenská věž a lávka.jpg, Water supply tower in

Nymburk Nymburk (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Elbe River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mo ...

(1904) Vodojem Poděbrady (2020).jpg, Water supply tower in

(1930)

References

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