Josef Thomayer & 52604 Thomayer Asteroid - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 04.750 E 014° 25.785
33U E 459199 N 5547588
Josef Thomayer (1853-1927), a noted Czech doctor of internal medicine, his main hobby was literature,
Waymark Code: WMJETH
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/09/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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Josef Thomayer wrote stories and poems under the pseudonym R. E. Jamot. Thomayer graduated in 1876, in the period 1883-1902 he was the head of the Prague policlinic, and from 1897 he was a professor of internal medicine at the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague. In 1902 Thomayer became the chief physician of the 2nd Clinic of Internal Medicine. He was the teacher of many outstanding physicians, the founder of modern Czech internal medicine, of medical periodicals and manuals, and the author of the monumental Pathology and Therapy of Internal Illnesses (1893). One of the leading Prague clinics (visit link) in the Prague quarter of Krc is named after him.

Plaque Inscription
CZ: tomto dome žil a zemrel MUDr.Josef Thomayer rádný profesor pri Universite Karlove, vehlasný ucenec a spisovatel, který venoval své milionové jmení a literární a umelecké poklady Ústrední Matici školské, Národnímu museu, Universite Karlove a Moderní galerii pro Cechy *V Trhanove 23.brezna 1853 †v Praze 18.ríjna 1927
EN: In this house lived and died MUDr.Josef Thomayer a professor of Charles University, a renowned scholar and writer who devoted his million-dollar property and literary and artistic treasures to the Central School Foundation, the National Museum, Charles University and Modern gallery Bohemia * The 23rd Trhanov † March 1853 in Prague October 18, 1927


52604 Thomayer is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: P. Pravec
Date of discovery: 5. 10. 1997
Place of discovery: Ondrejov Observatory
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Celestial Body: Asteroid

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