Edward Babák

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Edward Babák

Edward Babák (born June 8, 1873 in Smidary near Nový Bydžov , † May 29, 1926 in Brno ) was a Czech physiologist. He also dealt with general biology and the mental development of children.

Life

From 1884 to 1892 Babák attended high school in Jičín and after 1893 began studying medicine and physiology at Prague University . In 1898 he took up the position of assistant to Professor František Mareš at the Physiological Institute. In 1903 he started as a lecturer in general physiology at the Charles University, in 1919 Babák became a full professor and on April 16, 1923 MVDr. honoris causa appointed. From 1919 to 1921 he was also rector of the veterinary school, later rector of the pedagogical college, dean of the medical faculty, rector of Masaryk University in Brno and head of the physiological and biological institute, of which he was the founder.

Babák also founded the Biological Society and the Medical Association in Brno, the Moravian Scientific Association, the Masons Lodge in Brno and the Society for Children's Research. He wrote for the magazine Příroda (Nature) and is considered to be the co-founder of the Akvaristický obzor magazine . He was a corresponding member of the Czech Academy of Sciences , the National Council of Researchers and a corresponding member of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences.

In his scientific work he mainly dealt with physiology and morphology . He achieved world renown through his research results in the field of respiratory physiology.

bibliography

In addition to purely scientific books, he also wrote popular scientific literature on exercise and sport. His philosophical works dealt with the biological teaching of the time.

Books

  • O teorii vývojové, 1904
  • Psychologické učebnice dra F. Krejčího po stránce biologické, 1905
  • Tělověda. Základy morfologie a fysiologie člověka I – II, 1908
  • O proměnách energií u živých těl, 1917
  • O výživě, 1922
  • Úvod do biologie dítěte, 1926.
  • Handbook of Comparative Physiology, 1912-13

Magazine articles

  • O činnosti mozku a nervové soustavě vůbec, ČM 1901
  • Pojem biologie, Časopis čes. lékařů 1901
  • O teorii vývojové, Časopis čes. lékařů 1905
  • Filosofické důsledky novodobé biologie, RF 1925.

Preface

biography

  • Babák Edward. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 40.
  • Mihajlo Rostohar: Babák filosofické a psychologické názory, Biologické listy 1926
  • Životopis E. Babák, Biologické listy 1926
  • Ferdinand Pelikán : E. Babák, RF 1926
  • Mihajlo Rostohar: Vzpomínky na prof. Babáka, Časopis čes. lékařů 1926
  • Mihajlo Rostohar: Babák psycholog, A. Novák: EB spisovatel, sb. Památce EB, 1927
  • Pavel Bravený: Český fyziolog E. Babák (1873–1926), Brněnská věda a umění meziválečného období (1918–1939)
  • Jiří Pulec, Jiřina Kalendovská: E. Babák a LF MU, Universitas 1993
  • Pavel Bravený, Zdeněk Franc: E. Babák, 1997.

Sources and individual references

  1. ^ Date according to the handwritten entry in the directory of the population of Prague, page 221, or page 228 of the digitized version at the Prague Archives (accessed February 9, 2018). The Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (see below biography) gives 30 May as the date of death.
personal data
SURNAME Babák, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Babák, Edvard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Smidary
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1926
Place of death Brno