About František Kopečný
Lived 1909 – 1990 (aged 80). František Kopečný was an Austrian and Czech linguist, pedagogue, writer, philologist, teacher and bohemicist.
František Kopečný (4 October 1909 in Určice – 27 March 1990 in Vrahovice) was Czechoslovak bohemist and slavist. He was interested in etymology and dialectology.
He studied Czech and German languages at the Masaryk University. He then worked at the Palacký University. With colleagues, he wrote an Old Slavic dictionary. From 1952, he worked at Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, where he wrote an Etymological dictionary.
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Who was František Kopečný?
Czech bohemist and slavist (1909-1990)
When was František Kopečný born?
František Kopečný was born on 4 October 1909 in Určice.
When did František Kopečný die?
František Kopečný died on 27 March 1990 in Vrahovice, Prostějov.
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František Kopečný was a linguist, pedagogue, writer, philologist, teacher and bohemicist.
What nationality was František Kopečný?
František Kopečný was Austrian and Czech.
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