What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 15 January 2023.

Šmilovského was built in 1900.

Alois Schmillauer was born in Mladá Boleslav in 1837. I don’t know when he went from Schmillauer to Šmilovský, but I assume the Czech national cause was involved.

After studying philosophy at Charles University, he became a substitute professor at the gymnasium in Klatovy in 1860, and a full professor in 1868.

While in Klatovy, he also founded the singing club Šumavan, and wrote plays.

In 1873, he became a professor in Litomyšl, where, four years later, he became a school inspector. He died in the same town in 1883, aged 46.

One of his pupils in Klatovy was Jaroslav Vrchlický, as in the sady / park outside the main train station.