Sokol, Jan, 1936-

LC control no.	no 99091611
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sokol, Jan, 1936- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Czech Republic
Birth date	1936-04-18
Death date	2021-
Place of birth	Prague (Czech Republic)
Place of death	Prague (Czech Republic)
Field of activity	Philosophy Philosophical anthropology Religion--History
Affiliation	Výzkumný ústav matematických strojů Univerzita Karlova
Profession or occupation	Philosophers Translators Electronic data processing personnel College teachers Cabinet officers
Found in	Malá filosofie člověka, 1998: t.p. (Jan Sokol) p. 3 of cover (Jan Sokol; born 1936 in Prague; studied mathematics at the Univerzita Karlova; worked as a computer programmer and as a researcher at the VÚMS, 1964-1990, while at the same time engaged in phenomenology, personalist philosophy, history of religions and the translation of works in those fields; editor of the journal Přítomnost, since 1990; lecturer in philosophy and religion at Filozofická fakulta of the Univerzita Karlova; named [Czech] Minister of Education in 1998) Wikipedia, viewed February 28, 2022: Czech Jan Sokol page (Jan Sokol; born18 April 1936 in Prague; died 16 February 2021 in Prague; Czech philosopher, dissident, translator of philosophical texts, university lecturer, publicist, and politician; was a representative of the Federální shromáždění, 1990-1992; Czech Minister of Education, Youth and Physical Education, 1998; considered to be a major Christian intellectual in Czech society; taught philosophy, anthropology, and religious studies at the Universita Karlova since 1991; first dean of the Fakulta humanitných studií at that university (2000-2007); also known as an active contributor of Wikipedia an an honorary member of the group Wikimedia Česká republika; research interests: philosophical anthropology, history of religions, and the anthropology of institutions) <https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Sokol>
Associated language	cze