Jan Svatopluk Presl (4 September 1791 – 6 April 1849) was a Czech natural scientist. He was the brother of botanist Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852). The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia (founded in 1914). He is the author of Czech scientific terminology of various branches of science, including the Czech chemical nomenclature. He was the co-author of an important Czech taxonomic work, O Přirozenosti Rostlin. Selected publications See also Carl Borivoj Presl (C.Presl, 1794–1852) — Czech botanist, and younger brother of Jan Presl. :Category:Taxa named by Jan Svatopluk Presl References External links —Quido.cz: "Biography of Jan Svatopluk Presl" 1791 births 1849 deaths Scientists from Prague People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Old Czech Party politicians Members of the Imperial Diet (Austria) Czech chemists Czech botanists Terminologists 19th-century Austrian botanists 19th-century Austrian chemists Charles University alumni 19th-century Czech people 19th-century lexicographers Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery