Zdeněk Matějček, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zdeněk Matějček

Czech psychologist

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2004

Profession: psychologist, university teacher

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Zdenek Matejcek (August 16, 1922 - October 26, 2004) was a Czech child psychologist, researcher, and childcare reformer, who pioneered the study of the institutional conditions of raising children in an environment of psychological deprivation.
He was a significant reformer of child care, emphasising the irreplaceable role of the family.
He was known for studies of the effects on children of being held in prison camps during World War II, was a co-founder and the first chairman of an association that involved animals, such as dogs and horses, in child therapy, and was the principal organizer of a meeting of the International Association for Research in Learning Disabilities, held in Prague on October 2-5, 1989.
He placed 93rd on Nejvetší Cech.