Jan Svatopluk Presl

Jan Svatopluk Presl (born October 4, 1791 in Prague ; † April 6, 1849 there ) was a Bohemian , k. k. Austrian professor of zoology and mineralogy and one of the most important natural scientists of the 19th century. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " J.Presl ".

Life

Presl studied at the Piarist Gymnasium in Prague , later medicine. However, he never opened a practice, but became an assistant in zoology and mineralogy. In 1818 he worked in Olomouc for two years , then returned to Prague and lectured at Charles University in Prague for another 28 years .

He was a co-founder of the Czech technical terminology in many scientific fields, especially mineralogy, chemistry, zoology and botany. He introduced double words for the designation of inorganic compounds and differentiated the oxidation number with the help of suffixes. However, not all of his terminology could be used. His works were later supplemented or revised by Vojtěch Šafařík , Alexandr Sommer-Batěk (1874–1944) and Emil Votoček .

Presl was also an avid patriot. He belonged to the group of the Czech National Revival led by Josef Jungmann and planned the establishment of the National Museum with these supporters of the Fatherland . In 1821 he co-founded the first scientific journal Krok , published in the Czech Republic . In 1848 he was one of the delegates of the Slavic Assembly.

Honors

Him and his brother Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794-1852) in honor of the genera were Preslia Opiz the plant family of the mint (Lamiaceae) and Preslianthus Iltis & Cornejo from the family of capparaceae named (Capparaceae).

The magazine Preslia , which has been published since 1914, is also named after them.

Publications

with Karel Bořivoj Presl: Flora Čechica (Prague 1819) - the first completed, complete, systematically processed Herbitarium, which contained 1498 species ( digitized version ).
Mantissa I. ad Floram Čechicam (1822, supplementary volume )

Lučba čili chemie zkusná (1828–1835, collection of writings)

Nerostopis čili mineralogy (1837)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Prešl, Johann Swatopluk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, pp. 270–275 ( digitized version ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Preßl, Johann Swatopluk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 23rd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1872, p. 279 ( digitized version ).
Eva Hoffmannová: Jan Svatopluk Presl, Karel Bořivoj Presl. Melantrich, Prague 1973 ( Odkazy pokrokových osobností naší minulosti. 34, ZDB -ID 1147274-1 ).
E. Rozsívalová: Presl Jan Svatopluk. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 267.

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Commons : Jan Svatopluk Presl - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature and other media by and about Jan Svatopluk Presl in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
JS Presl in www.kvido.cz ( Memento from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech)
JS Presl in Kdo je kdo (Czech)
Author entry and list of the plant names described for Jan Svatopluk Presl at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Presl, Jan Svatopluk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 4, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1849
Place of death	Prague

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .