Karel Absolon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karel Absolon

Czech archeologist, geographer, paleontologist, professor, speleologist, university educator and zoologist

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1877

Place of Birth: Boskovice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1960

Profession: zoologist, pedagogue, university teacher, paleontologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Karel Absolon (16 June 1877 – 6 October 1960) was a Czech archaeologist, geographer, paleontologist, and speleologist.
He was born in Boskovice. Absolon was the grandchild of paleontologist Jindrich Wankel.
During his studies at Charles University in Prague he started with speleological research in the caves of Moravský kras (Moravian Karst) in the Moravia of what is now the Czech Republic.
In 1907 he became the custodian of the Moravian museum in Brno and a professor of paleoanthropology at the Charles University in Prague in 1926. His most known works are the paleoanthropologic discoveries at Dolní Vestonice which include a Venus figurine.
He worked on the systemic mapping of the Moravský kras, including the Macocha Abyss and the Pekárna, Punkevní and Katerinská caves.
He also explored karstic caves in the Balkans, France, and England. Absolon died on 6 October 1960 in Brno.