Jiří Janda

Jiří Janda (24 April 1865 – 25 August 1938) was a Czech ornithologist, zoologist and high school teacher.

When he was ten years old, his father died and he was raised by his maternal grandparents in Poděbrady where he had more access to animals and wilderness.

He attended Novoměstské gymnasium and graduated from Prague University studying under Antonín Frič between 1884 and 1889.

[1] After his studies, he taught at gymnasia around Moravia spending time in Uherské Hradiště, Kroměříž, Valašské Meziříčí and Brno until 1904.

Janda was made head of the committee to oversee it and it was opened on 28 September 1931 with him as the first director.