Abstrakt
The historic-geographical study deals with main professional activities, methodological approaches and work in physical geography of Antonín Strnad (1746 - 1799). He was an outstanding mathematician, astronomer and geographer in the Charles University's Arts Faculty in Prague.
Antonín Strnad sought to apply mathematical and physical methods with specialized techniques and devices to determine, describe and measure the components of the natural environment. He emphasized systematic and precise observations of natural processes and phenomena, cultivated and taught mathematics and physical geography as a part of natural sciences and published numerous papers on meteorology and mathematical geography.
Antonín Strnad is now recognized as one of the most significant personalities of Charles University in Prague during the Enlightenment.