Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882-1944)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/64769
- Name (English)
- Alberto Vojtěch Frič
- Short name
- Alberto Vojtěch Frič
- Year of birth
- 1882
- Year of death
- 1944
- Short Description
- "Alberto Vojtěch Frič (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalbɛrto ˈvojcɛx ˈfrɪtʃ], 8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a famous Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South American Indians called him Karaí Pukú (engl. Long Hunter); in Europe he became known as Cactus Hunter." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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