| LC control no. | n 85049231 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Diviš, Prokop, 1698-1765 |
| Variant(s) | Devic, Prokop, 1698-1765 Dibisch, Wenceslaus, 1698-1765 Diviš, Václav, 1698-1765 Diviš, Procope, 1698-1765 Diviš, Procopius, 1698-1765 Divišas, Vaclavas Prokopas, 1698-1765 Divisch, Procopius, 1698-1765 Divisch, Prokop, 1698-1765 Divíšek, Václav, 1698-1765 Divish, Prokop, 1698-1765 Divishek, Vat︠s︡lav, 1698-1765 Diviss, Procope, 1698-1765 Diviss, Prokop, 1698-1765 Diwisch, Procopius, 1698-1765 Diwisch, Prokop, 1698-1765 |
| Birth date | 1698-03-26 |
| Death date | 1765-12-21 |
| Place of birth | Helvíkovice u Žamberka (Czech Republic) |
| Place of death | Přímětice (Czech Republic) |
| Field of activity | Electricity--Experiments Lightning rods |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church Praemonstratensians |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Scientists Inventors Philosophers Theologians |
| Found in | His Procopii Divisch, theologiae doctoris & pastoris ... Theorie von der meteorologischen Electricite, 1768: t.p. (Procopii Divisch, theologiae doctoris & pastoris zu Prendiz bey Znaim in Mähren ...) Dict. of scientific biog. (Diviš, Prokop (also Procopius Divisch or Diwisch); b. Žamberk, Bohemia 3-26-1698; d. Přímětice, near Znojmo, Moravia 12-21-1765) LC manual authority cd. (hdg.: Diviš, Prokop, 1698-1765; secular name Václav Diviš; variants: Procope Diviss, Procopius Diviš, Prokop Divish, Wenceslaus Dibisch, Procope Diviš; after 1720 signed name using religious name) Haubelt, J. Život a dílo Václava Prokopa Diviše, 1982: t.p. (Václava Prokopa Diviše) p. 9 (b. 3-26-1698) p. 8 (d. 12-25-1765) Wikipedia, viewed January 19, 2022: Czech Prokop Diviš page (Václav Prokop Diviš; Latin name: Procopius Divisch; German form of name: Prokop Diwisch; Prokop Divisch; real name: Václav Divíšek; born 26 March 1698 in Helvíkovice u Žamberka; died 21 December 1765 in Přímětice u Znojma; Czech Catholic priest, theologian, member of the Premonstratensian order; natural scientist, healer, musician, and inventor; known primarily as the inventor of the lightning rod; entered Premonstratensian order as a novice in 1720; ordained priest in 1726; held doctorate in theology from Salzburg and doctorate in philosophy in Olomouc; served as pastor in Prímětice, where experimented with electricity and developed a grounded lightening rod; author of treatises in Latin) German Prokop Diviš page (Prokop Diviš; original name: Václav Divíšek; Latin form of name; Procopius Divisch; German form of name: Prokop Diwisch; [name on portrait:] Prokop Diviss; also referred to in scientific literature as Prokop Devic) Russian Divish, Prokop page (Prokop Divish; original name: Vat︠s︡lav Divishek) Lithuanian Václav Prokop Diviš page (Vaclavas Prokopas Divišas) |
| Associated language | lat |
| Invalid LCCN | n 84175862 |
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