Geografie 1966, 71, 305-309
https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie1966071040305
Eighty Years of Professor Jan Hromádka
The author of the article describes the life and the work of the doyen of Czechoslovak geographers Professor Jan Hromádka who will celebrate his 80th birthday on December 18th, 1966. He was Professor and Dean of Comenius University in Bratislava, since 1946 Professor at the School of Economics in Prague, and before retiring Head of the Economic Geography Section of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Due to his broad activities in both physical and economic geography, he is considered to be the first representative of modern regional geography in Czechoslovakia.
