Jan Evangelista Purkyně, 1787-1869
A Czech Nationalist and Scientific Pioneer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9641998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | WILLIAM C GIBSON (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-25 |
| Publication date | 1968-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00085006.1968.11091094 |
| OpenAlex | W2056020591 |
| Language | EN |
science see their names applied to a single process or law. The name of Purkyne is applied to a dozen different structures in the human body or to physiological phenomena in the field of vision, and to some of the earliest translations into the Czech language of Shakespeare, Schiller, and Tasso. Far beyond these achievements however stands the indomitable spirit of the patriot, a penniless child growing up in a Piarist School in Moravia, acknowledged at his death at eighty-one as a citizen of the world and one of its scientific leaders. Too little has
Art · Czech · Linguistics · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Law · Medical and Biological Sciences · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |