J. S. Machar and Asteroid 3879 Machar, Kolin, Czech Republic
Posted by: ToRo61
N 50° 01.675 E 015° 11.747
33U E 514022 N 5541753
A plaque reminds a childhood home of J. S. Machar
Waymark Code: WMH3YK
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/18/2013
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Josef Svatopluk Machar (
visit link) was a Czech poet and essayist. A leader of the realist movement in Czech poetry and a master of colloquial Czech, Machar was active in anti-Austrian political circles in Vienna. Many of his poems were satires of political and social conditions.
The plaque says:
CZ
Zde stával dum v nemž se narodil J.S.Machar 1864-1942 básník, literát a tvurce ceskoslovenské armády.
EN
Here stood the house where J.S. Machar 1864-1942 poet, writer and creator of the Czechoslovak army was born.
Asteroid 3879 Machar is a sizeable main belt asteroid.
Discovered by: Z. Vávrová
Date of discovery: 16. 8. 1983
Place of discovery: Klet, Czech Republic