Karel Domin

Karel Domin

Domin's grave, Vyšehrad cemetery

Karel Domin (May 4, 1882 in Kutná Hora - June 10, 1953 in Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician.

After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906. In 1916 he was named as professor of botany. Domin specialised in phytogeography, geobotany and plant taxonomy. He became member at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, published many scientific works and founded a botany institute at the university. The Domin scale, a commonly used means of classifying a standard area by the number of plant species found in that area, is named after him.

In the academic year 1933-34 he was rector of Charles University and was one of the participants of a struggle for ancient academic insignia between the Czech and German universities of Prague (the insigniáda) that resulted in street-fights and looting. From 1935 to 1939 he was a member of parliament; after the Munich Agreement, he co-founded a traditionalist political movement (Akce národní obrody).

He is considered the man who is the most responsible the creation of Tatra National Park.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Domin is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

1. ^ Karel Domin (1882 - 1953) Propagátor zákonné ochrany Tater, tj. národního parku
2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

• Short biography (in Czech)

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Name	Domin, Karel
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Date of birth	May 4, 1882
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Date of death	June 10, 1953
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