Vladimír List

Who was Vladimír List?

Vladimír List was a Czech electrical engineer, scientist and university teacher active in area of technical standardization.

During 1895-1899 List had studied mechanical engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague but became interested in electrotechnics. During 1900-01 he studied it at the Montefiore Institute in Liège, Belgium. After return he became chief designer in František Křižík's company where he worked on problems of electrification of railways and the industry. In 1904 he married Helena Gebauerová, daughter of bohemist Jan Gebauer. In 1908 List became professor at the Czech Technical University in Brno.

In 1910 he helped to set up specialised magazine Elektrotechnický obzor, in 1913 he participated on systematic electrification of Moravia and convinced the authorities of necessity to build public high-voltage transmission lines. In 1926 he proposed construction of Prague Metro, not realized at the time.

Since 1926 he was editor of book series Technický průvodce – Elektrotechnika. He had written about 600 publications, many of them textbooks.