Jan Kapras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Czech politician, historian and lawyer
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1880
Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1947
Profession: historian
Nationality: Czech Republic
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jan Kapras
- Jan Kapras (1880 – 1947) was a Czechoslovak jurist and politician. After studies in Innsbruck and Prague, he achieved habilitation in Bohemian legal history and was appointed professor at the University of Prague in 1910.
- He authored many works on Bohemian legal history, and substantially influenced the field with his principal work Právi dejini zemà Koruny ceské (1913–20). After 1918, Kapras was mainly active in politics.
- Representing the National Democratic Party, he was elected senator in 1929 and held that office until 1935.
- From 1938 to 39, he was minister of education in the last pre-war Czechoslovakian government, and continued in that office in the German occupation government of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 1939 to 42.
- Suspected by the Gestapo, he was eventually dismissed from his office.
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