The gallery presents ten of the most important geographers of the so-called Albert School.
See our Gallery of the Founding Fathers of Geography here.
It is a permanent exhibition located in the Library of the Geographical Sciences. It was created as part of the reconstruction of the library (2005) and was unveiled on 23 March 2006 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the field of geography at Charles University. The author of the portraits is academic painter Zdenka Landová. The gallery presents ten of the most important geographers of the so-called Albert School. Below you will find brief information about each of the scientists.
1. Václav Švambera | ![]() |
2. Jan Křtitel Palacký | ![]() |
3. Viktor Daneš | ![]() |
4. Viktor Dvorský | ![]() |
5. Václav Dědina | ![]() |
6. Josef Kunský | ![]() |
7. Bedřich Šalamon | ![]() |
8. Karel Kuchař | ![]() |
9. Julie Moschelesová | ![]() |
10. Jaromír Korčák | ![]() |