Notables
Cosmas of Prague
Cosmas of Prague is deemed to be the first Czech historian known for his Czech chronicle “Chronica Boemorum” (Chronicle of the Bohemians). Not much is known about Cosmas of Prague, as the majority of ...
Bohuslav Balbin
Bohuslav Balbin is known as a Czech writer, who lived in the 17th century. Society sees him also as a geographer, historian and pedagogue. He was born on December 3rd in Hradec Kralove in the so-calle...
Otto Wichterle
Otto Wichterle was born on the 27th of October, 1913 in Prostejov in what was then Austria Hungary. He was a world-famous Czech inventor and scientist. One of his most notable inventions was the conta...
Rehor Hruby z Jeleni
Rehor Hruby z Jeleni was a Czech translator, writer, and humanist who lived during the reign of Vladislaus II of Hungary. Although he was a leading figure of Czech humanism and his works of translatio...
