Biographical entry Daneš, Jirí Václav (1880 - 1928)

Summary

Jirí Václav Daneš first came to Australia in 1909 as part of a fifteen month geographical survey. During this trip he explored areas in Queensland (including Cairns and the Barkly tableland), Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia (including Yallingup and Kalgoorlie). When back in Czechoslovakia Daneš worked at the Charles Ferdinand University and eventually was made Dean of the science faculty. He also travelled widely in Europe and America producing many publications, many on karst topography. Jirí Václav Daneš returned to Australia in 1920 as the Consul-general for Czechoslovakia. Three years later he was back in Prague and at the Charles Ferdinand University. In December 1927 he began a long lecture tour of America, but just over four months later he was killed in a car accident. Daneš was a corresponding member of the Royal Society of Queensland and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science.

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1898 - 1902

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Charles Ferdinand University in Czechoslovakia

1909 - 1910

Career position - Botanical survey in Java and Australia

1912

Career position - Assistant Professor at Charles Ferdinand University

1916

Career position - War service in Sarajevo

1919 - 1923

Career position - Czechoslovakia Consul-General in Sydney

1923

Life event - Returned to Czechoslovakia (Prague)

1925 - 1926

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Ferdinand University

December 1927

Career position - Lecture tour of America

Published resources

Book Sections

• Cigler, Michael J., 'Daneš, Jirí Václav (1880-1928), Geographer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 203-204. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080225b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Daneš, Jirí Václav', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466683. Details