Alberto Vojtěch Frič
Alberto Vojtěch Frič (ˈalbɛrto ˈvojcɛx ˈfrɪtʃ, 8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a Czechoslovak botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South American Indians called him Karaí Pukú 'Long Man'; in Europe he became known as Cactus Hunter.
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič
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- Born
- Alberto Vojtěch Frič was born on 8 September 1882. · Prague.
- Died
- Alberto Vojtěch Frič died on 4 December 1944. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- writer · photographer · botanist · ethnographer · world traveler
- Languages
- Czech
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič (ˈalbɛrto ˈvojcɛx ˈfrɪtʃ, 8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a Czechoslovak botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South American Indians called him Karaí Pukú 'Long Man'; in Europe he became known as Cactus Hunter.
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Fric, Albert Vojtech
• Illustration — Alberto Frič (Brasil, 1906) • Lophophora alberto-vojtechii • Lophophora fricii • Stenocereus fricii • Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii • Notocactus fricii synonymum Malacocarpus fricii, Wigginsia fricii • Airampoa • Chaffeyopuntia • Pseudotephrocactus • Salmiopuntia • Subulatopuntia • Weberiopuntia
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Frič and Alberto Vojtech Fric. His recorded language was Czech. He was the child of Vojtěch Frič and Růžena Fričová-Švagrovská. One child is recorded: Ivan Vojtech Frič. Other recorded relations include Vojtěch Frič.
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as writer, photographer, botanist, ethnographer and world traveler.
The feather headdress, called pariko. Main features of the ceremonial accessories of the Bororo people in the Brasilian federal state of mato Grosso. Macaw tail feathers. Jaguar claw headband. The famous Czech traveller and botanist, Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882-1944), brought from his trip in 1903-1905. National Museum in Prague, Exhibition 2 x 100.
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Alberto Vojtěch Frič by Jaromír Funke (1942)
Jaromír Funke · LINHART, Lubomír. Jaromír Funke. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1960, p. [79].
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1882
Alberto Vojtěch Frič was born on 8 September 1882.
1944
Alberto Vojtěch Frič died on 4 December 1944.
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