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František Janeček
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František Janeček

Czech engineer and entrepreneur

František Janeček (23 January 1878 – 4 June 1941) was a Czech engineer and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Jawa motorcycles and an important figure in the development of the Czechoslovak motorcycle industry.2

From Wikipedia’s article on František Janeček (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 23, 1878, died Jun 4, 1941.1

Companies

Early life and education

Janeček was born on 23 January 1878 in Klášter nad Dědinou, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ledce, Czech Republic). He went to Prague to study mechanics at the Prague Technical School and then moved to Germany to the Berlin College of Engineering.

Upon graduation he returned to Prague and began working for the Jewish industrialist Emil Kolben at the Kolben company. He did well and when he was only 23 he was appointed manager of the new factory opened by Kolben in the Netherlands, where he met his future wife. He was hit by a car when riding his bicycle to work. The daughter of the driver gave him first aid, and they became friends and later married.

At the age of 31 years, motivated by his success at designing inventions, Janeček decided to quit Kolben and start his own engineering workshop in Prague.

From Wikipedia’s article on František Janeček (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, engineer.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Jawa3

Personal life

  • BornJan 23, 1878, Klášter nad Dědinou5 6
  • DiedJun 4, 1941, Prague6 7
  • CitizenshipCzechoslovakia8

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