Biographical Sketch of Karel Hujer

Karel Hujer was born on September 18, 1902, in Zelezny Brod, Czechoslovakia, to a horticultural family that gave him a comfortable living and an excellent education. He was a youngster during the apparition of Halley's Comet and the other lesser known but spectacular Great Comet of 1910. Fascinated by astronomy from a young age, Karel prepared for a future in the field by studying mathematics and physics, ultimately obtaining his doctorate in natural sciences at Prague's ancient Charles University. Along this path, he also studied at University College, London and the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago. His academic career included positions at several colleges before finally settling in at the University of Chattanooga, later the University of Tennesse at Chattanooga, in 1946. He retired from UYC in 1973 as Guerry Professor Emeritus of Astronomy

Karel's remarkable life story is more completely explored in a separate onlline memorial tribute to him. Here we focus on the extensive collection of photographic imagery he accumulated over the various extensive trips he took in support of his academic and personal spiritual endeavors.

style="transform:rotate(270deg);> Greyhound post house en route Boston to New York.

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