Hermenegild Jireček, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermenegild Jireček

Czech historian, lawyer and nobleman

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1827

Place of Birth: Vysoké Mýto, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1909

Profession: writer, historian, author

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hermenegild Jirecek, Ritter von Samokov (Czech: Hermenegild Jirecek, rytír ze Samokovu; 13 April 1827 – 29 December 1909), Bohemian jurisconsult, who was born at Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian Empire), was an official in the Prague bureau of education. Among his important works on Slavonic law were Codex juris bohemici (11 parts, 1867–1892), and a Collection of Slav Folk-Law (Czech, 1880), Slav Law in Bohemia and Moravia down to the 19th Century (Czech, 3 vols.
1863–1873). His brother Josef Jirecek was also a noted scholar.