Václav F. Kumpošt

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name = Václav Kumpošt


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caption = Václav F. Kumpošt
birth_date = 1846
birth_place = Žamberk, Austrian Empire
death_date = 26 February 1874
death_place = Žamberk, Austro-Hungaria
education = University of Prague
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Václav F. Kumpošt (1846 – 1874) was founder of magazine Vesmír.

Václav Kumpošt was born in Žamberk and spend his childhood in the family of clockmaker Albert. He grew up there with step-brother Eduard Albert who was famous surgeon lately and with other siblings (František Albert, Tereza Svatová and Kateřina Thomová). He studied medicine on University in Prague and is known as founder of magazine Vesmír (1871). He died on tuberculosis on 26 February 1874 at general hospital in Prague.

Reference

* [http://www.vesmir.cz/historie2.php3 Vesmír magazine]