Josef Dobrovsky & 40440 Dobrovsky Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic
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Josef Dobrovský (17 August 1753 – 6 January 1829) was a Bohemian philologist and historian.
Waymark Code: WMJE3D
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
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Dobrovský was born at Balassagyarmat, in Hungary. He received his first education in the German school at Horšovský Týn in Plzen district, made his first acquaintance with the Czech language and soon made himself fluent in it.
In 1769 he began to study philosophy at the University of Prague. In 1772 he was admitted among the Jesuits at Brno and was preparing for a Christian mission in India. However, the entire order was dissolved in the Czech lands in 1773 and Dobrovský thus returned to Prague to study theology.
In the 1780s Dobrovský participated in the academic life of Prague. In 1784, he helped to set up the Royal Czech Society of Sciences, and in 1818 the National Museum of what was to become Czechoslovakia and eventually the Czech Republic.
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40440 Dobrovsky Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: P. Pravec, P. Kušnirák
Date of discovery: 11. 9. 1999
Place of discovery: Ondrejov Observatory