Frantisek Franek

Czech mathematician living in Canada
Person human Q102167263

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20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1947
Place of birth
Prague
Country of citizenship
Czechoslovakia, Canada[6][7]
Employer
Dartmouth College (1983–1985), Columbia University (1985–1986), McMaster University (1986–present)[8]
Official website
www.cas.mcmaster.ca
Birth date
1947
Citizenship
Czechoslovakia, Canada
Doctoral advisor
Franklin D. Tall[11]
Doctoral student
Andrew Baker, Min Jing Liu, Mei Jiang, Adrien Thierry, Haoyue Bai, Michael Liut[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Student of
Bohuslav Balcar
Birth place
Prague
Family name
Franěk
Given name
František
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Viaf id
45344524
🏷️ Also known as
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45344524
OpenAlex ID
A5025523396as of 2026-09-23
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20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
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ACM Digital Library author ID
81100171963
DBLP author ID
10/2943
Freebase ID
/m/051c5sf
IdRef ID
076063062
LinkedIn personal profile ID
frantisek-franek-639b5750
MR Author ID
68730
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
16006
NUKAT ID
n2005088179
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810542270605606
ResearchGate profile ID
Frantisek_Franek
Scopus author ID
35609585400
ZbMATH author ID
franek.frantisek
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Summary

Born in Prague[1], he… he was born in 1947[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3], computer scientist[4], and university teacher[5].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Toronto[9], a public research university[19], in Canada[20], founded in 1827[21], headquartered in Toronto[22] and Charles University[10], a public university[23], in Czech Republic[24], founded in 1348[25], headquartered in Prague[26]. He studied under Bohuslav Balcar[27].

Career and Affiliations

Doctoral students include Andrew Baker[13], a computer scientist[28]; Min Jing Liu[14]; Mei Jiang[15]; Adrien Thierry[16]; Haoyue Bai[17]; and Michael Liut[18].

FAQs

Where was Frantisek Franek born?

Frantisek Franek's place of birth was Prague[1].

What did Frantisek Franek do for work?

Frantisek Franek worked as mathematician[3], computer scientist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Frantisek Franek go to school?

Frantisek Franek was educated at University of Toronto[9] and Charles University[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American biography. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American biography. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [2] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American biography. wikidata.org.
  19. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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