JIŘÍ HORÁK Slavonic scholar, ethnographer; (b. Benešov, 4 December 1884 – d. Martin (Slovakia) 14 August 1975)

PhD in philology, university professor (Prague).

Membership of Serbian Royal Academy (SRA): Academy of Philosophical Sciences, corresponding member from 16 February 1939

Membership of SASA: Department of Literature and Language, corresponding member from 22 March 1948; foreign member from 31 July 1960

Biography and bibliography: Encyciopédia Slovenska 2, 290 (Anonymous). – Kudĕlka, 160–162 (M. Kudĕlka). – NBS 202 (J. Petr).

Obituary: Vestnik ČSAV 84 (1975) 335–337 (A. Robek). – Slavia 45 (1976) 106–109 (K. Krejči). – ZzS 11 (1976) 217–218 (H. Đorđević). – SANU God. 83 (1977) 286–287 (H. Đorđević). – PKJIF 43 (1977) 139–140 (H. Đorđević).

Photograph:  SANU–F 422, 422/1