Josef Ladislav Píč, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Ladislav Píč

Czech archeologist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1847

Place of Birth: Mšeno, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1911

Profession: historian, paleontologist, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Josef Ladislav Píc (January 19, 1847 in Mšeno near Melník – December 19, 1911 in Prague) was Czech archaeologist and paleontologist, one of founders of modern Czech archaeology. Píc studied history and Slavic languages at the Charles University in Prague (then called Karl-Ferdinand University).
In 1883, he became docent of history at the university.
Since 1893, he was named custodian and later director of archeologic collection at the National Museum (then named Ceské museum) in Prague.
Píc created and maintained collection prehistoric artefacts.
His major literary work was Starožitnosti zeme ceské (1899–1909), in three parts, about ancient history of Czech lands. Exhaustion, conflicts with colleagues about his work and involvement in fights over validity of Rukopis královédvorský a zelenohorský drove him to suicide.