Václav Vondrák

Václav Vondrák (September 22, 1859 in Dub u Vodňan 1925) was a Czech slavist and professor at Vienna University and Brno University.[1]

Life

From 1872 to 1880, Vondrák attended gymnasium in Prachatice and České Budějovice.[2] He moved to Vienna, starting to study Roman philology, but soon switching to Slavic philology under Franz Miklosich. He obtained a doctoral degree in 1884. From 1881 to 1891, Vondrák worked as a private teacher for various aristocratic families. In 1893, he attained habilitation in Slavic languages and literature in Vienna. In 1903, he was appointed to professor extraordinarius at the Vienna University. In 1919, he was appointed to professor at the Brno University.

Vondráks research contributions lie in the fields of Old Church Slavonic and comparative Slavistics, particularly grammar.[3]

Selected works

A full bibliography is available in Časopis pro moderní filologii XII, No. 1, and "Slavia" IV, No. 3.

References

  1. "Vondrák Václav". Příruční slovník naučný IV. Praha: Academia, nakladatelství Československé Akademie věd. 1967. p. 961.
  2. "Vondrák Václav". Ottův slovník naučný 26. Praha. 1907. p. 961.
  3. "ВОНДРАК (Vondrák), Вацлав". Большая Советская Энциклопедия 13 (1st ed.). Москва: Акционоерное общество "Советская Энциклопедия". 1929. p. 117.
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