Vincenc Prasek
Vincenc Prasek | |
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Born | Milostovice, Austrian Silesia | 9 April 1843
Died | 31 December 1912 Napajedla, Moravia | (aged 69)
Occupation | Educator, linguist, historian |
Citizenship | Austrian |
Vincenc Prasek (9 April 1843 in Milostovice – 31 December 1912 in Napajedla) was a Czech educator, linguist and historian active in the region of Silesia. He contributed to several Czech periodicals based in Opava and in 1883–1895 served as the first principal of Czech grammar school (gymnasium) there.
In 1863–1868 Prasek studied classical philology and slavistics at the University of Vienna, he also spent one semester at the University of Breslau. He began his teaching career in 1868 in Olomouc at the Czech gymnasium. Prasek was active in several school organizations. As a writer, Prasek focused mainly on publishing works about political history, ethnography and historical geography of Moravia and Silesia. In 1902–1909 edited magazine Selský archiv (Peasants' Archive), which focused on general and cultural history of peasants in Moravia and Silesia. He also published several linguistic works.
Works
- Brus příspěvečkem ku skladbě srovnávací (1873)
- Podání lidu (1888)
- Historická topografie země Opavské. A–K (1889)
- Dějiny kraje Holasovského čili Opavského (1891)
- Dějiny knížetství Těšínského (1894)
References
- (in Czech) Biography of Vincenc Prasek at Silesian University website
External links
- (in Czech) Dějiny knížetství Těšínského online at Książnica Cieszyńska Library
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- 1843 births
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- Writers from Opava
- Czech educators
- Historians from Austria-Hungary
- Educators from Austria-Hungary
- Linguists from Austria-Hungary
- 19th-century Czech historians
- Czech male writers
- University of Vienna alumni