What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 18 February 2023.

Františka Lenocha was built in 2009.

František Lenoch was born in 1898. Graduating from Charles University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1923, he later qualified in physiatry, balneology and internal medicine.

In the 1930s, he worked in Trenčianske Teplice, a spa town in Slovakia, and stayed in Slovakia during the war.

Returning to Prague, he became head of the Institute of Physiatry and Balneology at Charles University in 1948, as well as head of rheumatology at Thomayer Hospital (now Thomayer University Hospital) in Prague 4.

In 1952, he became director of the Research Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, now known as the Institute of Rheumatology – and located on nearby Na Slupi (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/21/prague-2-day-88-na-slupi/).

From 1963 to 1965, he was president of the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR), now known as the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology.

He died in 1970 and is buried in Pankrác Cemetery.

Apparently, he also found the time to become fluent in Hungarian, Amharic and Latin. We’d have got on.