Otakar Odložilík, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otakar Odložilík

Czech historian and archivist

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1899

Place of Birth: Kostelec u Holešova, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1973

Profession: historian, archivist, pedagogue

Nationality: United States, Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Otakar Odložilík (January 12, 1899 – July 14, 1973) was a Czech historian and archivist who wrote numerous books and papers on the history of Protestantism in Bohemia and Moravia.
His scholarly interests included the history of the Hussite movement and the Unity of the Brethren, and he published studies of Jan Milíc, Andrzej Rej and the history of Charles University in Prague. He wrote the article on the history of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia for the 1974 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Following World War II, he spent most of his life as a professor in the United States and taught at both the Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania before his death.