Jiří Baum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jiří Baum

Czech traveller and science writer

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1900

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1944

Profession: writer, zoologist, explorer, science fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jirí Baum (20 September 1900 – 1944, Warsaw) was a Czech zoologist, museum curator, explorer and writer.
He served as the director of the zoological department of the National Museum in Prague and is best known in his field for his 1933 book Through the African Wilderness and his 1935 zoological expedition in the Australian outback.
In Australia, Baum teamed with Walter Drowley Filmer due to his local expertise with spiders.