Josef Štefan Kubín

Josef Štefan Kubín (born October 7, 1864 in Jičín , † November 25, 1965 in Prague ) was a Czech ethnographer and writer.

Life

After graduating from high school, he studied philosophy. Then he worked as a teacher. From 1902 in Jičín, then two years in Mladá Boleslav and until 1925 in Prague. He occupied himself with the study of folk literature , primarily fairy tales , which he published as collections. In Germany he appeared when the world was full of devils. Fairy tales from the Giant Mountains and Bohemia . In addition, at the beginning of the 20th century he researched the history of the Bohemian angle , which previously belonged to the Bohemian rule Nachod and from 1477 to the rule Hummel in the west of the former county Glatz .

Works (selection)

České Kladsko: Nástin lidopisný. Ill. Část sest. JF Svoboda, Prague 1926.
České emigrantské osady v pruském Slezsku. Čechové Štrálští. [Czech emigrant settlements in Prussian Silesia. The Czechs von Strehlen], Prague 1931.

Web links

Literature by and about Josef Štefan Kubín in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature and other media by and about Josef Štefan Kubín in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Hugo Weczerka (Ed.): Handbook of historical sites . Volume: Schlesien , Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 522.

personal data
SURNAME	Kubín, Josef Štefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech ethnographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jičín
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1965
Place of death	Prague

[1] Hugo Weczerka (Ed.): Handbook of historical sites . Volume: Schlesien , Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 522.