Jan Roubal
Jan Roubal (born August 16, 1880 in Chudenice , † October 23, 1971 in Prague ) was a Czech entomologist and educator .
Life
After graduating from high school in Klatovy , Roubal studied natural sciences, mathematics and physics at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague , at the Faculty of Medicine there he also attended lectures on anatomy and embryology. After completing his studies, Roubal first taught at the Academic Gymnasium in Prague. Further stations of his activity as a grammar school teacher were the grammar school Roudnice nad Labem and the secondary schools in Prague and Příbram until 1919 . In 1919 Roubal was appointed director of the girls' high school in Banská Bystrica . During this time, Roubal was actively involved in nature conservation and was one of the founders of the Society for Nature Conservation and Against Animal Cruelty, Banská Bystrica, which he chaired from 1927. At high school he built up a scientific collection. After the events of autumn 1938 and the autonomy of Slovakia, he returned to the Czech part of the country in 1938 and was the director of a Prague grammar school until his retirement in 1940. He then lived with his daughter in Prague.
His final resting place is in the cemetery chapel of St. Anna at Chudenice. In his place of birth, he is honored in an exhibition in the old castle.
Researches
The focus of his work was entomology. He was also active as a botanist, geologist and nature conservationist. Roubal was vice chairman of the Czechoslovak Entomological Society at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and was made an honorary member of the society. He undertook research trips to southern Russia, the Caucasus, the Balkans and the Adriatic. Roubal published several hundred treatises in various languages. His main work is the three-volume catalog of the beetles of Slovakia and Eastern Carpathians.
Roubal's collection of 80,000 insects, including unique specimens, is now part of the holdings of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava , and his scientific library is held by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic .
Works
- Catalog Coleopter Slovenska a Východních Karpat na základě bionomickém a zoogeografickém a spolu systematický doplněk Ganglbauerových "The beetles of Central Europe" a Reitterovy "Fauna germanica", Prague, printing house of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia., 1937
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roubal, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chudenice |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1971 |
| Place of death | Prague |