Josef Jireček

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Josef Jireček (9 October 1825, in Vysoké Mýto – 25 November 1888, in Prague) was a Czech scholar.^[1] He was born in Vysoké Mýto (then part of the Austrian Empire). He entered the Prague bureau of education in 1850, and became minister of the department in the

. He died in Prague on 25 November 1888.

In 1862, he and his brother

(1795–1861).

His son was the Slavic specialist

.

Notes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jireček, Josef". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417.