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Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (died 1937)

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Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková

Czech botanist and zoologist (1877-1937)

Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková was the first female Czech botanist and zoologist. Baborová was born in Prague in a school teacher's family and learned many languages at a young age. She studied at the Minerva secondary school before studying natural sciences at the…
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January 17

Day of the year

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year.
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