Bažant, Zdeněk

25. 11. 1879 Prostějov - 1. 9. 1953 Nové Město na Moravě
construction mechanic

After graduating in 1904 he worked as a designer, for example he designed the steel roof of the Vineyard Market Hall. From 1909 he was a professor of building construction design at the Prague Technical University, in 1923-1924 and 1945-1946 he was the rector of the Czech Technical University, from 1952 a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. He was involved in calculations of various bridges and dams, and is the author of numerous scientific publications, which were published abroad.

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