Jiří Petr

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Jiří Petr (1994)

Jiří Petr (born May 13, 1931 in Hradec Králové ; † November 12, 2014 in Prague ) was a Czech agricultural scientist. He was Professor of Crop Production and Rector Emeritus of the Czech Agricultural University in Prague .

Life

Petr received a high school diploma in Broumov and began his studies at the Technical University in Prague in the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in the field of plant production . After graduating as Dipl.Ing Agr. he was a postgraduate student in the field of special crop production with study visits to Moscow , at Rothamsted Research and in Halle (Saale) . As a candidate in agricultural sciences (CSc) with internships in Norway, Sweden, England, Germany, France, Austria and Spain, he was awarded a doctorate in agr. with the dissertation on the biology of Bohemian alternative wheat varieties . His habilitation dealt with studies on the photoperiodic reaction of grain and legumes . After his publication Yield Formation in Grain , he took on teaching duties for crop production as a lecturer or associate professor. Petr became a full professor for crop production in 1989; In 1990 he was elected Rector of the Czech Agricultural University in Prague (CZU).

From 1990 to 1994 he was rector of the CZU; Immediately after taking office, he agreed to cooperate with EU universities, introduced Western European languages ​​and gave lectures to business experts from Western Europe. Thereby he created the basic requirements for the high international reputation of the University in Prague- Suchdol, which his successor Jan Hron further expanded.

From 1990 to 2010 he was editor and editor of the science magazine; Scientia Agriculturae Bohemia . He received numerous scientific awards a. a. from the Mendel University in Brno , the Agrarian University in Nitra , the University in Budweis and the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences ; In 1999 he received his honorary doctorate as Dr. hc from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala .

literature

  • Ceska Zemedelska Universita v Praze: Ceremonial Session of the Scientific Board of the CUA Prague 12 September 2006; ISBN 80-213-1518-0 .
  • Jiri Petr: Ed. Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CS ISSN  1211-3174 .
  • Gerber, Theophil: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine; Biographical lexicon, NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-936735-67-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Ing. Jiří Petr, DrSc., Dr. hc on the university website
  2. ^ Editing of the Scientific Periodical Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica Prague
  3. ↑ Current issues of the SAB
personal data
SURNAME Petr, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech agronomist
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Hradec Králové
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2014
Place of death Prague