Vaclav Smil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vaclav Smil

Czech-Canadian interdisciplinary researcher

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1943

Place of Birth: Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Profession: economist, geographer, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Václav Smil (born 9 December 1943) is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst.
He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His interdisciplinary research interests encompass a broad area of energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies, and he had also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.
His name is pronounced as "vah:tslahf" and "smeel".