František Josef Studnička

František Josef Studnička (27 June 1836, Soběslav – 21 February 1903, Prague, Bohemia) was a mathematician and pedagogue at Charles University in Prague. During his lifetime Prague was in Bohemia, for most of his life part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna, before teaching as a private tutor, at a high school in České Budějovice and at the Polytechnic in Prague.

He was an active contributor to astronomy and meteorology. He was known as the author of several textbooks and popular articles.

In 1872 he became leader of the meteorological section of the Committee for Natural Science Research of Bohemia. Provided by Wikipedia