JOSEF KALOUSEK
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf kˈala͡ʊsˌɛk], \dʒˈəʊsəf kˈalaʊsˌɛk], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_f k_ˈa_l_aʊ_s_ˌɛ_k]\
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A Bohemian historian; born at Vamberk, April 2, 1838. He is professor of history at the University of Prague, and an authority on Czech history and literature. His publications include: "Bohemian Constitutional Law" (1871); "Review of the Ethnographic Literature of the Czechs"; "Defense of Wenceslas"; "Biography of Emperor Charles IV. of Bohemia" (1878).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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