Vladimír Pokorný
Vladimír Pokorný (born June 12, 1922 in Podivín , South Moravia, † July 21, 1989 in Prague ) was a Czech micro-paleontologist. He was a professor of paleontology at the Charles University in Prague .
Pokorný had been a full professor at Charles University from 1961, where he headed the Institute of Paleontology from 1968 to 1986.
In the 1950s he wrote one of the first textbooks on micropalaeontology , first published in 1954 and translated into several languages. He was the founder of micropalaeontology in Czechoslovakia, about which he gave his first courses at Charles University in 1946, and an expert on the biostratigraphy of the Mesozoic . His work was of great importance for the search for oil in the Carpathian region. In addition to his micropalaeontology textbook, he also wrote an Introduction to Paleontology (1977) and a book on Paleoecology (1977).
In 1986 Pokorný became a corresponding member of the Paleontological Society and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1973).
Fonts
- Basics of Zoological Micropalaeontology, Volume 1, Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1958
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data from In memory of the 70th Birthday of Vladimir Pokorny , Acta Universitatis Carolinae, 1992
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Vladimír Pokorný in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Short biography on www.libri.cz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pokorný, Vladimír |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Podivín , South Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1989 |
| Place of death | Prague |