Alois Vojtěch Šembera

He was born in Vysoké Mýto, Bohemia, Austrian Empire.

Between 1830 and 1839 he worked as municipal lawyer in Brno (Moravia) and gave there private lessons to the children of local nobility.

During years of 1848/49 he was an editor of Moravské noviny ("Moravian Newspaper").

In 1849 he was named professor of Czech language and literature at a University of Vienna.

He initially believed in authenticity of manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora but later turned against them being rewarded by enmity of Czech nationalists.