Vratislav Mazák

Who was Vratislav Mazák?

Vratislav Mazák was a Czech biologist. He specialised in paleoanthropology, mammalogy and taxonomy, and he was also a painter, often illustrating his books about animals and men.

Born at Kutná Hora, he was a professor at the Charles University's Faculty of Science and also worked as a zoologist at the Prague National Museum. Along with Dr. Groves, Mazák was the describer of Homo ergaster. He also described the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris corbetti.

He died in Prague.