Josef Augusta (paleontologist)
Josef Augusta (17 March 1903,
paleontologist, geologist
, and science popularizer.
From 1921 to 1925 Augusta studied at the
Charles University in Prague
as lecturer, professor, and dean of the faculty.
In addition to his scientific work (about 120 publications), Augusta wrote about twenty books popularizing his profession, mostly targeted to the youth. He is best known for his reconstructions of fossil flora and fauna, together with the painter Zdeněk Burian (1905–1981). He participated as a science adviser in the movie Journey to the Beginning of Time (1954).
The dinosaur Burianosaurus augustai was named after him in 2017.
See also
External links
- Short biography ((in Czech))
- Cesta do pravěku at IMDb
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