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Zdeněk Nejedlý

1878 - 1962

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Zdeněk Nejedlý (10 February 1878 – 9 March 1962) was a Czech musicologist, historian, music critic, author, and politician whose ideas dominated the cultural life of what is now the Czech Republic for most of the twentieth century. Although he started out merely reviewing operas in Prague newspapers in 1901, by the interwar period his status had risen, guided primarily by socialist and later Communist political views. This combination of left wing politics and cultural leadership made him a central figure in the early years of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic after 1948, where he became the first Minister of Culture and Education. In this position he was responsible for creating a statewide education curriculum, and was associated with the early 1950s expulsion of university professors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zdeněk Nejedlý is the 434th most popular historian (up from 445th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 637th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Zdeněk Nejedlý ranks 434 out of 561. Before him are Ilya Berezin, Albrecht Weber, Martin van Creveld, Daniel J. Boorstin, Charles A. Beard, and Henry James Sumner Maine. After him are Abu Shama, Edward Duyker, Cyril Mango, G. M. Trevelyan, Heinrich Ewald, and Arthur Smith Woodward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Zdeněk Nejedlý ranks 202. Before him are Henry B. Walthall, Muriel Robb, Ion Dragoumis, Paul Weinstein, John Derbyshire, and Francisco Lagos Cházaro. After him are Charles Tate Regan, Holcombe Ward, Mikheil Tsereteli, Edith Hannam, Peter Kemp, and Peder Kolstad. Among people deceased in 1962, Zdeněk Nejedlý ranks 174. Before him are Mykolas Biržiška, Albert William Herre, Clara Blandick, Morris Louis, Jorma Valkama, and Julius Lenhart. After him are A. K. Fazlul Huq, G. M. Trevelyan, Karen Lachmann, Axel Nordlander, Bidhan Chandra Roy, and Helena Kottler Vurnik.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Zdeněk Nejedlý ranks 644 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Lála (1938), Karel Petrů (1891), Tomáš Berdych (1985), František Ladislav Rieger (1818), Jan Sokol (1936), and Zdeněk Mácal (1936). After him are Karel Koželuh (1895), Bohumil Němeček (1938), Oskar Fischer (1923), Marie Kovářová (1927), Gisela Januszewska (1867), and Vlastimil Tusar (1880).

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Among HISTORIANS In Czechia

Among historians born in Czechia, Zdeněk Nejedlý ranks 7. Before him are Max Dvořák (1874), Saul Friedländer (1932), Sigfried Giedion (1888), Yehuda Bauer (1926), Miroslav Hroch (1932), and Anton Heinrich Springer (1825).

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