Ivan Kupčík
Illustration — Kupčík in 2007 Ivan Kupčík (1 April 1943 – 3 March 2022) was a Czech historian of cartography. Ivan Kupčík was born in Pardubice and studied geography at the Charles University in Prague. After his graduation in 1973, he worked at the Institute of Geography tied to the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
Ivan Kupčík
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- 1943 · Pardubice.
- Died
- 2022 · Prague.
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- Czechoslovakia
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- geographer · cartographer
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He was also employed at the State Map Collection in Prague. In 1980, he immigrated to West Germany and settled down in Munich, where he worked at the Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv and the Deutsches Museum. From 1993, he was furthermore assistant lecturer in the history of cartography at LMU Munich. He retired in 2006, and spent the last two years in a nursing home outside Prague. An expert in thematic historical maps such as portolan charts and especially pilgrimage maps. Some years before his death, he donated his personal collection of cartographic material to the Charles University. He married Jana Valterová in 1964; the couple had two sons. After his move to Germany, he formed a new relationship with his colleague Inge Barbara Linke.
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Ivan Kupčík died in Prague, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Ivan Kupčík is recorded as geographer and cartographer.
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Ivan Kupčík, a geographer and historian, was born in 1943 in Pardubice and died in 2022. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Ivan Kupčík is Munich.
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1943
Ivan Kupčík born at Pardubice.
2022
Ivan Kupčík died at Prague.
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- 1.Dr. Ivan Kupčík has died.
- 2.Ivan Kupčík: Česká a slovenská úřední kartografie v letech 1914-1945. Praha: Rigorózní práce, 1973, 207 l. : mapy, tab. + 18 příl. ve zvl. deskách. Item Call Number: RiP 34 (+ attachments - RiP 34/p). The thesis can only be studied in person in the study room in the Library of the Geographical Sciences, Charles University, Praha
- 3.RNDr. Ivan Kupčík — Přírodovědecká fakulta UK.
- 4.Ivan Kupcik: Lebenslauf, Bücher und Rezensionen bei LovelyBooks.
- 5.Suche - LMU München.
- 6.Bibliographia Cartographica Suchergebnisse.
- 7.Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
- 8.Ergebnis für 'Ivan Kupcik'. WorldCat.org.
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