František Vilém Rosický

František Vilém Rosický (17 December 1847 – 17 July 1909) was a Czech botanist, zoologist and high school pedagogue. His most notable work is a book on the seasonal flowering plants of Bohemia. His son was the mineralogist Vojtěch Rosický.

Life and family

Rosický was born on 17 December 1847 in Nové Dvory,[1] the son of Vojtěch and Marie née Běloušková. He worked in Prague from 1870 as a school teacher. He became involved in local natural history. From 1888, he headed a gymnasium in Roudnice nad Labem and from 1894 he was a school inspector.

František's brother Josef (born 1860) was also a school teacher and wrote books on the seasonal flora.[2] František Rosický married Maria Webrová in 1877. Their son Vojtěch Rosický (1880–1942) was a mineralogist and Nazi victim. They has also two daughters, Marie and Věnceslava.[1][3]

Rosický died on 17 July 1909 in Prague and was buried at the Prague's Olšany Cemetery.[1]

Work

Rosický's work include:[1][2]

  • Stonožky země české [Centipedes of the Bohemian land] (1876) – a work on the centipedes of Bohemia
  • Nerostopis pro nižší třídy středních škol [Mineralogy for lower secondary school classes] (1883) – a high school textbook
  • Botanika pro vyšší třídy středních škol [Botany for upper secondary school classes] (1884) – a high school textbook
  • Květiny jarní se zvláštním zřetelem ku květeně domácí [Spring flowers with special interest in native flora] (1885) – a popular science book, his most notable work
  • Rostlinopis pro ústavy ku vzdělání učitelů [Botany for teacher training institutes] (1895) – written together with Josef Rosický

He also translated the Alois Pokorný's book Názorný přírodopis živočišstva [Illustrated natural history of animals] from German into Czech.[2]

Honours

In 1902, Rosický received the Order of the Iron Crown (3rd Class) and was promoted to knight.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "František Vilém Rosický". Encyklopedie města Brna (in Czech). Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Hoskovec, L. (7 August 2009). "Rosický, František Vilém a Josef". Homo Botanicus. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  3. ^ D., J. G. F. (1947). "V. Rosický". Nature. 160 (4074): 735–735. doi:10.1038/160735a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
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