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Josef Velek, ing. (Master of Art, Technology) (November 30, 1939-April 30, 1990) was a Czechoslovak (Czech) journalist, author and environmentalist.
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Biography
Velek was born November 30, 1939 in Klínec, Czech Republic.
He began to publish in the sixties, and from 1975 was a member of the editorial staff of the Mladý svět (Young world) weekly. In 1974 he co-founded the Brontosaurus environmentalist movement. He was considered a founder of the Czechoslovak environment-oriented journalism.
Velek died on April 30, 1990 while scuba diving in the Red Sea.
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