František Rosický
František Vilém Rosický (17 December 1847 – 17 July 1909) was a Czech botanist and pedagogue. Along with his brother Josef, he published a book on the seasonal flowering plants of Bohemia. His son Vojtěch Rosický (1880–1942) was a mineralogist and Nazi victim.[1]
Life and work
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Rosický was born in Nové Dvory, the son of Vojtěch and Marie née Běloušková. He worked in Prague 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 Roudnice nad Labem 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ D., J. G. F. (1947). "V. Rosický". Nature. 160 (4074): 735–735. doi:10.1038/160735a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ Hoskovec, L. (7 August 2009). "Rosický, František Vilém a Josef". Homo Botanicus.
External links
[edit]- 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)
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