Jan Jesenský

For the seventeenth century Slovak physician, politician and philosopher, see Jan Jesenius.

Jan Jesenský (1870 in Prague – 1947 in Prague), professor (1911) of stomatology at Prague University.

He was the founder and head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until the German occupation in 1939 and a member of the Bohemian Academy. He was a member of International Association for Dental Research (IADR), which he became Honorary Vice-President from 1933–1935, and co-founder of its Prague Section in 1932.[1] He created the Dental Museum at the Charles University in Prague in 1906.[2]

He worked with his nephew, Jan Jesenský Jr.[3]

His daughter was the writer Milena Jesenská.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Jesenský Jan (1870–1947)". Medical Dictionary. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  2. ^ "Dental Museum of Prof. Jan Jesenský 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University". Charles University in Prague. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  3. ^ "Jan Jesenský 1904 – 1942". Victims of the Mauthausen Internment Camp. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  4. ^ "Professor of Dentistry Jan Jesenský". Journal of the Czech Dental Chamber. Retrieved September 22, 2025.

References

  • František Neuwirt: Jan Jesenský, nakladatelství České akademie věd a umění, Prague 1948


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