Antonín Benjamin Svojsík

Antonín Benjamin Svojsík
Born(1876-09-05)5 September 1876
Died17 September 1938(1938-09-17) (aged 62)
NationalityCzechoslovakian
Known forFounder of the Czechoslovak Scouting organization Junák

Antonín Benjamin Svojsík (5 September 1876 – 17 September 1938) was a Czech pedagogue. He was the founder of the Czechoslovak Scouting organization Junák.

Svojsík served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from its creation in 1922 until 1933.

When J. S. Wilson visited Czechoslovakia for two weeks in April and May 1947, he laid a wreath on the tomb of Svojsík.

References

  • Scouting Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 46 88 162