Josef Hlisnikovský

Hlisnikovský was born in Frýdek (now Frýdek-Místek), son of teacher Isidora and Francis née Hassanové.

He joined a mining company in Ostrava and was involved in work around Europe.

In 1957 he taught at the mining school in Ostrava and in 1966 he became a full professor.

He collected specimens in the Beskids mountain range and specialized on the beetles particularly of the family Leiodidae.

The beetle species Bledius hlisnikowskii was named after him by Jan Roubal in 1939.