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[[Image:Safarik.gif|thumb|Portrait of Vojtěch Šafařík]] |
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'''Vojtěch Šafařík''' (26 October 1829, [[Újvidék]], [[Bács-Bodrog County]], Vojvodina, |
'''Vojtěch Šafařík''' (26 October 1829, [[Újvidék]], [[Bács-Bodrog County]], Vojvodina, Hungary (today Serbia)– 2 July 1902, [[Prague]]) was a Slovak [[chemist]], specializing in [[inorganic chemistry]]. He wrote many popular textbooks as well as making over 20,000 observations of variable stars. His wife and co-worker Paulína Šafaříková was interested in the history and popularization of astronomy. Šafařík's father, [[Pavel Jozef Šafárik]], was a [[Slovaks|Slovak]] philologist and historian. |
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The crater [[Šafařík (crater)|Šafařík]] on the [[Moon]] is named after him, and so is the minor planet [[8336 Šafařík]] (in conjunction with his wife). |
The crater [[Šafařík (crater)|Šafařík]] on the [[Moon]] is named after him, and so is the minor planet [[8336 Šafařík]] (in conjunction with his wife). |
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Vojtěch Šafařík (26 October 1829, Újvidék, Bács-Bodrog County, Vojvodina, Hungary (today Serbia)– 2 July 1902, Prague) was a Slovak chemist, specializing in inorganic chemistry. He wrote many popular textbooks as well as making over 20,000 observations of variable stars. His wife and co-worker Paulína Šafaříková was interested in the history and popularization of astronomy. Šafařík's father, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, was a Slovak philologist and historian.
The crater Šafařík on the Moon is named after him, and so is the minor planet 8336 Šafařík (in conjunction with his wife).