Alois Jirásek (23.8.1851 - 12.3.1930)

Type:	artist
Description:	Originated from an old rural family. Father was a weaver, later a baker. Attended the German piarist grammar school in Broumov, the Czech grammer school in Hradec Králové and studied history at Prague university. Lived for a long period of time in Litomyšl and held position as a professor of history. Then relocated to Prague. He devoted his life to literature. One of the first to sign the Czech Writers' Manifesto in May 1917.
More information available at Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Jir%C3%A1sek
Related tourist points of interest:	Břevnov monastery - archabbey [1] Along the Jiráskovy Lucerny footpath - nature trail with posted information [2] Potštejn - castle ruins [3] Regional Museum in Litomyšl [4] Jirásek Museum [5] House U Rytířů [6] Alois Jirásek's house of birth [7] [8] The family house of František Vladislav Hek [9]

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