František Koláček (physicist)

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František Koláček (1851-1913)

František Koláček ( October 9, 1851 in Slavkov u Brna - December 8, 1913 in Prague ) was a Czech theoretical physicist and professor at the Technical University of Brno and Charles University in Prague.

Life

Memorial plaque in Slavkov u Brna

František Koláček was the only child of Jan Koláček and Klára Koláčková (nee Karlitzká). He graduated from the German grammar school in Brno in 1868 and then went to Charles University in Prague , in 1869 he went to Vienna and graduated there in 1871 with a license to teach mathematics and physics in German and Czech. In Brno he then worked as a teacher, first in the German grammar school, then in the 1st Czech state grammar school. In the meantime he continued studying in Prague, receiving his doctorate in 1877 and receiving his habilitation in Brno in 1882. In the same year he became a private assistant professor for theoretical physics in Brno, and from 1891 he succeeded August Seydler in Prague. In 1900 he returned to Brno and became Professor of Experimental Physics at the newly founded Technical University . He stayed here again only for a short time (two years) and again returned to the university in Prague to a chair there.

Koláček did research in the field of hydrodynamics , acoustics , thermodynamics and optics . He was the first to describe the electromagnetic theory of light scattering .

Koláček died of a heart attack on December 8, 1913.

Koláček was married to Aloisie Koláčková. With her he had a son who was also named František Koláček . He joined the resistance during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia and was executed.

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personal data
SURNAME Koláček, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Slavkov u Brna
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1913
Place of death Prague