Vojtech Suk

Prof. Vojtech Suk
Born	1897
Died	1967
Residence	Masaryk University Kounicova 63, Brno, Czechoslovakia University of Brno, Kounicora 63, Czechoslovakia [1931] University of Brno, Kounicova 38, Czechoslovakia [1933] Masaryk University of Brno, Brno, Czechoslovakia [1949]
Occupation	medical anthropologist ethnographer
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow elected_AI 1925.06.23 societies Royal Czech Society of Science Society of Physicians in Brno Moravian Natural Science Society Czechoslovak Anthropological Society Czechoslovak Biological Society American Anthropological Association Anthropological Society of Rome

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1925.05.19 proposed by A. Keith, seconded by C.G. Seligman

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physician, anthropologist and anthropologist, ethnographer, traveler and writer, a fighter for the equality of human breeds; founder and long-time director of the Institute of Anthropology at MU , 1932-1933 Dean of the Faculty of Science , Director of the Institute for Education of Physical Education Professionals at MU
interesting circumstances: the impressions of his travels to Africa (in 1913 and 1914 at the instigation of a well-known American anthropologist of Czech origin, Aleš Hrdlička ) and after Labrador (1926) he captured in the book In the Footsteps of Holub doctors at Labrador, which was published in the Brno publishing house Blok in 1976
at the beginning of the First World War he was captured in South Africa,
after his release the military service was introduced into Sedmihradsko and Romania,
1918-1923 Charles University,
1923-1949 Masaryk University in Brno (at the time of closing of Czech universities in 1940-1945, District Hospital in Dvůr Králové nad Labem),
1945-1948 Director of the Institute for Education of Physical Education Professionals at Masaryk University
The Royal Czech Society of Science,
The Society of Physicians in Brno, The
Moravian Natural Science Society,
Czechoslovak Anthropological Society (Co-Founder, Honorary Member),
Czechoslovak Biological Society, The
Natural Science Club in Brno,
The Society Against Skin Tuberculosis,
The American Anthropological Assotiation,
Société d'Etude des Formes Humaines in Paris,
Società Romana di Anthropologia in Rome,
Society for Advance by Sciences in London

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he donated his rich collections and library to Náprstek's Museum in Prague, his personal fund is deposited in the Archive of the National Museum in Prague