Vojta Naprstek & 171588 Naprstek Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Both Vojtech and his elder brother Ferdinand, outspoken nationalists, were closely watched by the Hapsburg police. After the disastrous results of the Prague Upheavals of 1848, Vojtech left home in secret for the United States, where he finished his law studies.
He secretly fled to Milwaukee in Wisconsin, where he lived for about a decade before returning home, completing his law studies.
Naprstek encouraged Czech Americans to organize and publish their own Czech newspapers. He became an American citizen.
He returned to Bohemia around 1857, and resumed political activities. After his return, he labored to familiarize his fellow Czechs with American concepts, institutions, and techniques, as well as with the Native American peoples with whom he had worked.
His collections became the core of the present Náprstek Museum of Asian, African, and American cultures in Prague.

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Plaque Inscription:
CZ: V tomto dome žil a zemrel Vojta Náprstek 1826-1894 Bojovník za kulturní a spolecenský pokrok. R. 1862 položil základy Náprstkova muzea
EN:
In this house lived and died Vojta Náprstek 1826-1894. A reformist for the cultural and social progress. In 1862 he laid the foundation Náprstek Museum


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171588 Naprstek Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Date of discovery: 1999
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory

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