Bohemian playwright, born at Chlumec, Bohemia; graduated in philosophy and medicine from the Prague University, but devoted himself to teaching and literature; professor at the gymnasium of Králové Hzadee in 1819; president of the Prague Academic Gymnasium in 1851. He wrote a large number of novels, dramas and comedies of very unequal worth. His best dramatic efforts are The Wonderful Hat; The Four-Cornered R.; and The Liar and his Family. His historical tragedy, Sobeslav, is his best serious work. He died in Prague on the 15th of September 1859.
