Eduard Štorch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Štorch

Czech pedagogue, archaeologist and writer

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1878

Place of Birth: Ostroměř, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1956

Profession: writer, pedagogue, archaeologist, prehistorian

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Eduard Štorch (10 April 1878, Ostromer – 25 June 1956, Prague) was a Czech pedagogue, archaeologist and writer, known for novels set in prehistoric Bohemia during Stone and Bronze Age. Štorch was born in Ostromer, a village near town Horice.
He studied at the gymnasium and the pedagogic institute in Hradec Králové.
Štorch worked as a teacher in several location in northern and eastern Bohemia and since 1903 in Prague, during 1919 - 1921 as a school inspector in Bratislava and then, until his retirement in 1938, again as a teacher in Prague. Among Štorch's activities were archeology, ethnography, biology, journalism and reform of education system.
In 1935, together with Karel Condl, Štorch wrote a three volumes textbook of history for secondary schools.
The textbook was attacked by catholic church because it documented attempts of the church to obtain political power throughout the history. Štorch published several scholar works, many novels for the youth and countless number of articles in journals and newspapers.
The novels were based on and limited by scientific knowledge of the time.
His most famous novel is "Mammoth Hunters" (1918, Lovci mamutu) set 30,000 - 20,000 years ago among people of Gravettian culture.
Several of the books were illustrated by Zdenek Burian.
Three novels were filmed: Osada havranu (1977, international title: Settlement of Crows), Na veliké rece (1977), Volání rodu (1978), all directed by Jan Schmidt.