Purkyně, Cyril RTDr. Dr. Dr.h.
 born 27th July 1862, Prague, died 5th April 1937, Prague
Geologist. He came from the famous Purkyně family, J.E. Purkyně, the famous physiologist, was his grandfather. First he studied chemistry at the College of Technology in Prague but soon changed for the University to study natural science. After graduation he became assistant with O. Feistmantel. In 1895, he taught at Teachers College in Pilsen where he founded and was head of the Mineralogical, Geological and Paleontological Department of the local Museum of Natural History. While in Pilsen he studied geology of the nearby Carboniferous and Permian deposits and examined the Quaternary terraces of the river Mže, thus founding the school of geomorphological studies in Bohemia. At that time he also published modern geological maps of the environs of Pilsen. In 1908, after the death of Alfréd Slavík, he was appointed full professor of geology at the Czech College of Technology. In 1919, he became the first director of the newly established State Geological Survey of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Geological Survey) and worked there till 1934. He also founded numerous periodicals such as Věstník Královské České společnosti nauk, Rozpravy České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, and others, and compiled and published numerous geological maps. He stressed the practical purpose of the Survey having established archive of deep boreholes and register of Czechoslovak mines. He gave publicity to geological field research as an indispensable part necessary for the further development of geology in Czechoslovakia. He is the author of more than a hundred of scientific papers. He was member of numerous national and foreign scientific institutions.
Works of this author on the medium
- Nýřany coal seam near Nýřany, , (1899)
 - Nýřany coal seam near Nýřany, [Cross-sections of coal seams], (1899)
 - Nýřany coal seam near Nýřany, [Longitudinal section of coal seams], (1899)
- Nýřany coal seam near Nýřany, , (1899)
 - Nýřany and Radnice coal seam near Třemošná, , (1902)
- Nýřany and Radnice coal seam near Třemošná, , (1902)
- Black coal basins near Mirošov and Skořice and their vicinity. Part 1, , (1904)
- Synoptic geological map to excursions of the Xth section of Ivth congress of Czech natural scientists and physiciens, , (1908)
- Geological excursion to the environs of Křivoklát, Skryje and Tejřovice and the Radnice coal basin, , (1908)
- Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 6] , (1910)
 - Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 5], (1910)
- Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 4], (1910)
- Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 3], (1910)
- Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 2], (1910)
- Geological map of representative district of Plzeň, with special emphasis on soil conditions [Map sheet 1], (1910)
- Geological sketch map of northern part of Pilsen Permian-Carboniferous basin, (without dilluvium and alluvium), (1913)
- Geology of the Plzeň district, (Explanatory notes to geological map of representative Pilsen district), (1913)
- Tectonic sketch map of western part of Třemošná highland between Strašice and Rokycany , , (1915)
- Tectonic sketch map of western part of Třemošná highland between Strašice and Rokycany , , (1915)
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