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Jan Lepar
1827–1902
A Czech teacher, journalist, and historian, he helped shape public education while also writing about language, schools, and regional history. His work sits close to the cultural and intellectual life of 19th-century Bohemia and Moravia.
1 Audiobook
Cítanka pro skoly obecné. Díl I
by Jan Stastný, Jan Lepar, Josef Sokol
About the author
Born in Lipňany on May 16, 1827, Jan Lepař became a Czech educator, writer, journalist, and historian. He studied in Olomouc and later read law in Prague, contributing to periodicals as a student under the pen name Pravdoslav Lipňanský.
From 1850 onward he taught at grammar schools in Jihlava, Znojmo, and Opava. In Opava he helped found the journal Opavský besedník, and in 1869 he was appointed a district school inspector. He was also connected with the Časopis Českého muzea, serving as an editor and taking part in the wider literary and scholarly culture of his time.
Lepař wrote on education, language, and history, including work on the school ideas of Jan Amos Comenius, and he also collaborated on readers for schools. He died in Prague on July 1, 1902, remembered as a figure who linked classroom practice, public writing, and Czech cultural life.