| Klvaňa, Josef
Moravian mineralogist and etnographer. He came from Moravia where he worked his whole life. He attended secondary schools in Lipník nad Bečvou and Olomouc, where he passed his school-leaving examinations in 1877. He studied natural science at Charles University in Prague and was assistant of prof. E. Bořický and prof. K. Vrba, an outstanding mineralogist, at the Mineralogical Department of the National Museum in Prague. After his graduation he taught at secondary schools in Kroměříž and Uherské Hradiště. In 1894, he became regional school inspector in Hodonín, and in 1898, the first principal of the Czech secondary school in Kyjov, where he worked till his death. He was a prominent mineralogist who published the first studies on the Czech mineral topography under the title 'Nerosty Moravy a Slezska' (Minerals of Moravia and Silesia), 'Nerosty království Českého' (Minerals of the Kingdom of Bohemia), and 'První řada doplňků' (The First Series of Supplements). He also published a great number of short papers on regional and local mineralogy, petrography and geology of Moravia and Silesia. He was corresponding member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Imperial Geological Institute in Vienna. During his stay in southern Moravia he became interested in local ethnography and folklore.
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born 22nd January 1857, Vienna, died 13th July 1919, Kyjov
