Karel Jaroslav Maška
Karel Jaroslav Maška (born August 28, 1851 in Blansko ; † February 6, 1916 in Brno ) was the director of the secondary school in Telč , a naturalist and prehistoric in Moravia .
Life
Maška attended secondary school in Brno and then studied mathematics at the technical universities in Brno and Vienna . After graduation he worked as a teacher in Jihlava , Znojmo and from 1878 in Nový Jičín . In 1892 he was appointed director of the secondary school in Telč.
In addition to school service, Maška devoted himself to archaeological research into his surroundings. In the Šipka cave in Štramberk , on August 26, 1880, he found a lower jaw of a prehistoric man, the so-called Šipka jaw, which attracted the attention of international research. In the following years Maška made other important prehistoric finds. Between 1879 and 1913 he published 79 research articles, some in German, some in Czech.
Due to the First World War, Maška did not retire until 1915 and moved to Brno. After his second stroke, he died on February 6, 1916.
literature
- J. Knies: Karel Jaroslav Maška. In: Viennese prehistoric magazine. Volume 3, 1916, pp. 141–151.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maška, Karel Jaroslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Naturalist and prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blansko |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1916 |
| Place of death | Brno |