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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001017b.htm person Daneš Jirí Václav AACR2 23 August 1880 11 April 1928 Place of Birth Nový Dvůr, Czechoslovakia Place of Death Los Angeles, United States of America Geographer Biogeographer Explorer 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. 1898 1902 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Charles Ferdinand University in Czechoslovakia 1909 1910 Career position - Botanical survey in Java and Australia 1912 1912 Career position - Assistant Professor at Charles Ferdinand University 1916 1916 Military service - War service in Sarajevo 1919 1923 Career position - Czechoslovakia Consul-General in Sydney 1923 1923 Life event - Returned to Czechoslovakia (Prague) 1925 1926 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Ferdinand University December 1927 December 1927 Career position - Lecture tour of America

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 'Daneš, Jirí Václav', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Daneš, Jirí Václav Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Daneš, Jirí Václav (1880-1928), geographer Cigler, Michael J. Daneš, Jirí Václav (1880-1928), geographer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 203-204 Conference Paper: Domin and Danes in Java and Australia 1909-1910 Chapman, A.D. Domin and Danes in Java and Australia 1909-1910 Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 159-164 Journal Article: Karst studies in Australia Danes, J. V.; translated by John Pickett Karst studies in Australia 2018 Helictite 44 1-30 Journal Article: The Australian travels of Jiří Danes: geographer, speleologist and world traveller Dunkley, John; and Welch, Bruce The Australian travels of Jiří Danes: geographer, speleologist and world traveller 2018 Helictite 44 31-43