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Alma mater
  
Charles University

Siblings
  
Carl Borivoj Presl

Role
  
Botanist


Name
  
Jan Presl

Author abbrev. (botany)
  
J.Presl

Fields
  
Botany, Chemistry

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Born
  
4 September 1791 Prague, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy (
1791-09-04
)

Died
  
April 6, 1849, Austrian Empire

Education
  
Charles University in Prague

Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Bohemian natural scientist.

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He was the brother of botanist Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794–1852). The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia (founded in 1914). He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work,O Prirozenosti Rostlin.

Selected publications

  • Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820). O Prirozenosti Rostlin. Prague: Krala Wiljma Endersa. 
  • Berchtold, Friedrich von; Presl, Jan Svatopluk (1820–1835). O Prirozenosti Rostlin aneb rostlinář. Prague: Jos Krause. 

    • References

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