Josef Ladislav Píč
Scientist, Deceased Person
1847 – 1911
Who was Josef Ladislav Píč?
Josef Ladislav Píč was Czech archaeologist and paleontologist, one of founders of modern Czech archaeology.
Píč studied history and Slavic languages at the Charles University in Prague. In 1883, he become docent of history at the university. Since 1893, he was named custodian and later director of archeologic collection at the National Museum in Prague. Píč created and maintained collection prehistoric artefacts. His major literary work was Starožitnosti země české, in three parts, about ancient history of Czech lands.
Exhaustion, conflicts with colleagues about his work and involvement in fights over validity of Rukopis královédvorský a zelenohorský drove him to suicide.
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