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

Ladislav Josef Čelakovský

Czech botanist, professor and translator

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1834

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1902

Profession: translator, pedagogue, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ladislav Josef Celakovský (November 29, 1834 – November 24, 1902) was a Czech botanist born in Prague.
He was the son of writer František Ladislav Celakovský, and father to mycologist Ladislav František Celakovský (1864-1916). He studied at Charles University in Prague, and from 1860 gave lectures at the National Museum in Prague.
In 1880 he attained the chair of botany at the university.
In 1877 he became a member of the Königliche Böhmische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Czech Royal Society of Sciences). Celakovský conducted extensive research involving classification of plants, particularly studies of regional flora from what is now the Czech Republic.
He made important contributions on the morphology and physiology of the reproductive organs of Gymnospermae.
He described numerous new botanical species, and has a handful of plants named after him, such as Stipa celakovskyi, Lathyrus celakovskyi and Orchis celakovskyi. Celakovský was a supporter of Darwinism.



Alternative names	Jan Vilimek
Description	Austrian-Czechoslovak portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1 January 1860	15 April 1938
Location of birth/death	Žamberk	Vienna
Work location	Prague, Vienna
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