# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zdenek-veselovsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:51:10.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zdenek-veselovsky"
name: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
slug: "zdenek-veselovsky"
description: "Zdeněk Veselovský was one of the most important Czech zoologists of the 20th century, founder of Czech ethology, director of the Prague Zoo (1959-1988) and the president of the International Union of Directors of Zoological Gardens (1971-1975) He was born in Jaroměř and died in 2006, aged 78, in Prague. In November 2008, he received the Minister of the Environment Award in memoriam \"for his lifelong work in the field of zoology and ethology and for his admirable activity in activities involved in the conservation of animal species and the promotion of zoos as educational institutions.\""
tagline: "Czech etologist, ornithologist, university educator, science writer and zoologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zdenek_veselovsky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-08-26"
deathDate: "2006-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.529411764705884
  historical:           5.935817333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "زدينيك فيسيلوفسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Veselovsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Veselovsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Veselovsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Veselovsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Veselovsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Zdeněk Veselovský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump