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Karel Purkyně

Karel Purkyně was born in 1834 at Wrocław. Purkyně died in 1868 at Prague. Karel Purkyně was recorded as painter, art theorist and illustrator.

Also recorded as Karel Asmund Ferdinand Placidus z Purkyňů · Karel Purkine · Karel Purkyne

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Karel Asmund Ferdinand Placidus z Purkyňů, Karel Purkine and Karel Purkyne.

He was the child of Jan Evangelista Purkyně and Julia Rudolphi. He married Marie Purkyňová. 3 children are recorded: Cyrill Purkyně, Jan Evangelista Purkyně and Rozálie Pokorná. Other recorded relations include Karl Rudolphi, Rudolf Pokorný and Eliška Purkyňová.

Identity

Advances in psychopharmacology and psychopharmacotherapy: selected papers from the Psychiatric Clinic of the Medical Faculty J. E. Joh. Ev. Purkinjes und seiner Schule Verdienste um die Entdeckung tierischer Zellen und um die Aufstellung der "Zellen"-Theorie / von Prof. Dr. F.K. Jan Evang. Purkyně: Pusobení jeho pro rozvoj české kultury / Napsal prof. Dr. K.

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Life and career

Explore 1834–1868

  1. 1834

    Life

    Karel Purkyně born at Wrocław.

  2. 1860

    Institution

    Portrait of the Blacksmith Jech (National Gallery Prague).

  3. 1860

    Institution

    Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (National Gallery Prague).

  4. 1861

    Institution

    Still-Life with Onions and Partridges (National Gallery Prague).

  5. 1862

    Institution

    Snowy Owl (National Gallery Prague).

  6. 1868

    Life

    Karel Purkyně died at Prague.

  7. 1868

    Institution

    Self-Portrait (National Gallery Prague).

The full dated record · 7 entries
  1. 1834

    Karel Purkyně born at Wrocław.

  2. 1860

    Portrait of the Blacksmith Jech (National Gallery Prague).

  3. 1860

    Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (National Gallery Prague).

  4. 1861

    Still-Life with Onions and Partridges (National Gallery Prague).

  5. 1862

    Snowy Owl (National Gallery Prague).

  6. 1868

    Karel Purkyně died at Prague.

  7. 1868

    Self-Portrait (National Gallery Prague).

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  • Prague
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  • Wrocław

    Birth place

Literature

Literature

Long-term denosumab therapy for osteoporosis and its interruption: expert opinion of the Society for Metabolic Bone Diseases working group within the Czech Medical Association of J.E. Purkyně, Clinical Osteology, 2018. Sorbus portae-bohemicae and Sorbus albensis, two new endemic apomictic species recognized based on a revision of Sorbus bohemica, 2009. Cílená regulace tělesné teploty: konsenzuální stanovisko mezioborové pracovní skupiny, Anesteziologie a Intenzivni Medicina, 2020. Zrození moderního umělce a kritika v Čechách: umění, věda a objevení času, Teorie vědy, 2019.

  • Multimediální aplikace o Fakultě sociálně-ekonomické Univerzity Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2008

  • Dějiny Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity 1919-2019

  • Díl1, 1919-1989, 2019

  • Using of the Electron Microscope to Evaluate the Tool Wear for a Selected Cutting Insert, MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 2018

  • Identification of Changes in Mechanical Properties of Human Axial System Due to Stress and Relaxation Regime, MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 2019

  • Mathematical Model of the RRR Anthropomorphic Mechanism for 2D Biomechanical Analysis of a Deep Squat and Related Forms of Movement, MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, 2018

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