| Summary: | Franti še k Kři ž ík (8.7 . 1847 Pl á nice by Klatovy - 22 . 1 . 1941 Stádlec by Tábor), honorary doctor of technical sciences , was famous czech electrician , inventor and industrialist. After his studies at Pra g ue Technical University he got his first occupation and experiences in the Markus Kaufmann's workshop . Afterwards he worked at the so-called Northern Ferdinanďs, later at Moravia-Silesian and finally at Pilsen- Březnice railway. He married Pavlína Štulíková (1853 - 1923) in 1871. They had six children . ln 1879 he established his own workshop in the house U Zvonu in Pilsen, where he did experiments with improving of the arclamps . Later he participated ln development of the local tram system. In 1883 he became independent as an industrialist , left his work at the railway and a year later he moved to Prague , where he established his own factory in Karlín . The Jubilee exhibition ln 1891 brought him the rea! popularity. He showed there his first electrical tram. Later he founded the Prague - Libeň - Vysočany rai!way, which was bought by Electrical company in 1907 . He opened the first electrica! railway in our countries, it led from Tábor to Bechyně. At the beginning of the 20 . century he put through the utilizing of water powers in Bohemia and he founded power plants , e . g . in Kolín and...
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