Josef Šebestián Daubek

Josef Šebestián Daubek (24 December 1842, Polička – 15 July 1922, Liteň) was a Czech-Austrian nobleman, politician, entrepreneur and patron of the arts.

Biography His father, , was a well-known businessman and politician. His mother was the daughter of the poet. He attended a Realschule in Prague, followed by a business and commercial education in Vienna; where he married Irma Welsová in 1884.

In 1873 he became a shareholder in the family's mills in Brněnec; becoming the owner in 1878. Four years later, he acquired the family estates in Liteň and , in the Beroun District. This led to involvement in the distilling and brewing industry; interests which later passed to his son, Josef Daubek (1888–1934). Together with Karl Kruis (1851-1917), he established the first distillery training school in Předlitavsko. Shortly after, he was appointed a member of the Institute of Economics at the . In 1892, he became Chairman of the Association of Commercial Mills and was knighted in 1896. He was re-elected for a full term in 1895; standing for the . Many other artists received significant support from him; including Josef Mánes, Quido Mánes, Josef Václav Myslbek and Antonín Wiehl.