Vincenc Prasek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincenc Prasek

Czech historian and educator

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1843

Place of Birth: Opava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1912

Profession: historian, pedagogue, linguist, regional historian

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Vincenc Prasek

  • Vincenc Prasek (9 April 1843 in Milostovice, Opava – 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 SelskĂ˝ archiv (Peasants' Archive), which focused on general and cultural history of peasants in Moravia and Silesia.
  • He also published several linguistic works.

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