Karel Domin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karel Domin

Czechoslovak politician, botanist and university educator

Date of Birth: 04-May-1882

Place of Birth: Kutná Hora, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 10-Jun-1953

Profession: politician, pedagogue, botanist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician. After gymnasium school studies in Príbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906.
Between 1911 and 1913 he published several important articles on Australian taxonomy.
In 1916 he was named as professor of botany.
Domin specialised in phytogeography, geobotany and plant taxonomy.
He became a member at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, published many scientific works and founded a botany institute at the university.
The Domin scale, a commonly used means of classifying a standard area by the number of plant species found in that area, is named after him. In the academic year 1933-34 he was rector of Charles University and was one of the participants of a struggle for ancient academic insignia between the Czech and German universities of Prague (the insigniáda) that resulted in street-fights and looting.
From 1935 to 1939 he was a member of parliament; after the Munich Agreement, he co-founded a traditionalist political movement (Akce národní obrody). He is considered the man who is the most responsible the creation of Tatra National Park.