into serious financial difficulties. Charitable events were organised in his support both in the USA and in the Czech lands, but these did not have a long-term effect. Before his death Klácel wrote a testament which summed up his teachings. He was buried in Belle Plaine, and at the Czech cemetery a monument was unveiled in his honour by his countrymen. The Poet Klácel's poetic beginnings (Lyrical Poems, 1836 and Poems, 1837) were inspired by the ancient world. The patriot and free thinker Klácel expressed himself in full in the collection Berries from Slavonic Forests (1845). In his version of Goethe's epos Reynard the Fox (1845) and the anthology Bájky Bidpájovy (1846 and 1850) he used animal allegories in order to critically portray contemporary society. Klácel was also the author of the first Czech dictionary of foreign words (Dictionary for readers of journals, 1849) and numerous terminological dictionaries and encyclopaedias, of which the majority were published in journals published by him or remained in hand-written form. Legacy This Augustinian monk in Brno, an excellent teacher, author of a number of poetic and philosophical works, natural science researcher, journalist, unselfish and loving man František Matouš Klácel was one of the leading revivalists in Moravia and active members of political life during the revolutionary period of 1848–49. A road is named after him in Brno – Masarykova Quarter, and from 1978 a memorial stone with his portrait by Milada Orthová has been on the side of number 1 Mendlovo Square. Works Ferina lišák – a fable about a fox Bajky Bidpajovy – two volumes, the first published under the pen name František Třebovský Jahůdky ze slovanských lesů – published under the pen name J. P. Jordan Erklärungen der wichtigeren philosophischen Ausdrücke Počátky vědecké mluvnictví českého Dobrověda Slovník pro čtenáře novin, v němž se vysvětlují slova cizího původu Listy přítele k přítelkyni o původu socialismu a komunismu – letters to Božena Němcová in which he explains his opinions about the ideal society. See also Klácelka, manmade cave named in his honor External links Biography Czech philosophers Czech poets Czech male poets 1808 births 1882 deaths 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers People from Česká Třebová People excommunicated by the Catholic Church Czech translators