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Jan Jesenius (Jan Jesenský,1566 -1621) ,was a physician, politician and philosopher, he lived for a large part of his live in Prague, Bohemia. In 1600 he attracted considerable public interest by performing a public autopsy in Prague. He is renowned rather for his tragic fate than for his work in the field of anatomy and surgery. |
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Wenceslaus I (c. 907 - 935), or Wenceslas I , was duke of Bohemia from 921 until his death. Wenceslas is best known in the English-speaking world as the subject of the Christmas carol " Good King Wenceslas ."
He was the son of Vratislav I , Duke of Bohemia from the Premyslid dynasty . His mother Drahomíra was the daughter of a pagan tribal chief of Havolans and was baptised at the time of her marriage. Wenceslaus' murder in September of 935 was the result of a plot involving his younger brother Boleslav I of Bohemia . He was venerated as Saint Wenceslaus and is the main patron saint of the Czech state. |
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Karel Havlícek Borovský (1821 - 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher. Influenced by the revolutionary atmosphere before the 1848 , decided on the objective of becoming a patriotic writer. Later, in exile, he wrote some of his best work: Tyrolské elegie (Tirol Laments), Krest svatého Vladimíra (Baptism of St.Vladimir) and Král Lávra (King Lavra).
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 Josef Božek ( 1782 - 1835 ) was a Czech engineer and inventor considered one of the founders of Czech mechanics. He put into operation one of the first steam engines in the Czech lands. |
 František Kec
started to work as an engineer for Cars Praga, then at age 17 as foreman at Holmen & Jerabek company and at the age of 23 he already managed and organized production of the first 3 ton capacity truck in Austria. He worked for Laurin & Klement Company, in 1911 he started to work for Praga. As a Chief Design Engineer his cars Praga Mignon and later Praga Grand were a success. His Praga cars and trucks were very reliable vehicles of its time.
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more of Frantisek Kec's designs and his life in this document
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 Emil Skoda (1839-1900)
In 1866 became chief engineer of the machine factory of Ernst Fürst von Waldstein-Wartenberg, founded in 1859 at Pilsen . He bought the factory three years later, in 1869, and began to expand it and adding an arms factory in 1890 to produce machine guns for the Austro-Hungarian Army . His facilities continued to expand over the next decade, and he incorporated his holdings in 1899 as the Škoda Works , which would become famous for its arms production. |
 Emil Holub ( 1847 - 1902 ) was a Czech doctor, explorer, cartographer, and ethnographer in Africa .
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 Josef Jungmann (1773 - 1847) was a Bohemian poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival . Together with Josef Dobrovský , he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. |
 Jan Hus ( 1372 - 6 July 1415) was a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague . He is famous for being burned at the stake for what the Roman Catholic Church considered to be his heretical views on ecclesiology . |
 John of Nepomuk, Jan Nepomucký (1345 - 1393 ) is a national saint of the Czech Republic , who was killed and thrown into the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia . John of Nepomuk is considered the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional , a patron against calumnies and, because of the manner of his death, a protector from floods.
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more famous Czech figures coming soon ... |
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