Cech
Encyclopedia
Čech is a surname that means Czech
was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia
, from Slovaks
, Moravians
and other ethnic groups.
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
, from Slovaks
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
, Moravians
Moravian
Moravian refers to:* a person or thing from Moravia * Moravians * Moravian language, disputed language or dialect of the Czech language* a member or adherent of the Moravian Church...
and other ethnic groups.
List of people with surname Čech, Cech or Czech
- Donovan CechDonovan CechDonovan Cech is a South African rower. He competes in the Coxless Pairs division and his boat partner for the past few years has been Ramon di Clemente. The pair won a Bronze medal won in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
(born 1974), South African rower - Eduard ČechEduard CechEduard Čech was a Czech mathematician born in Stračov, Bohemia . His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. In 1921–1922 he collaborated with Guido Fubini in Turin...
(1893–1960), Czech mathematician whose work focused on projective differential geometry and topology - Forefather Čech (antiquity), legendary figure, one of three brothers (Lech, Čech and Rus) who, according to folk mythology, founded regional Slavic nations
- Ludwig CzechLudwig CzechLudwig Czech was a Sudeten German politician of the Jewish background member of Deutsche sozialdemokratische Arbeitspartei who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called First Republic. He was a Minister of Social Care...
(1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure of interwar period; victim of the Holocaust who died at Theresienstadt concentration camp - Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), goalkeeper who has been playing in youth clubs from age 8 and professionally as of 1996; with Lokomotiv Moscow since 2008
- Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), left back/left winger whose playing career dates to 2000; with West Bromwich Albion since 2008
- Martin ČechMartin CechMartin Čech was a Czech ice hockey defenceman.Čech played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Zlín and HC Lasselsberger Plzeň before moving to Finland's SM-liiga, spending one season with JYP and two seasons with Pelicans...
(1976–2007), Czech ice hockey defenseman whose career lasted from 1993 until his death in auto accident at age 31 - Petr ČechPetr CechPetr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...
(born 1982), Czech football goalkeeper who has been playing for domestic and international teams since 1999; with Chelsea as of July 2004 - Svatopluk ČechSvatopluk CechSvatopluk Čech was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.Čech studied at gymnasium in Prague, then studied law, and later worked in the journals Květy, Lumír and Světozor.His first poem, Husita na Baltu, was published in the almanac Ruch in 1868...
(1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet whose late 1880s satirical novels were used as basis for Leos Janáček's opera The Excursions of Mr. Broucek - Thomas CechThomas CechThomas Robert Cech is a chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel prize in chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, which showed that life could have started as RNA...
(born 1947), American chemist whose research into transcription process of DNA genetic code into RNA, brought him 1989 Nobel Prize
See also
- Stone–Čech compactificationStone–Cech compactificationIn the mathematical discipline of general topology, Stone–Čech compactification is a technique for constructing a universal map from a topological space X to a compact Hausdorff space βX...
, mathematical technique, propounded in 1937 by Marshall Stone and Eduard Čech, which enables construction of universal map from topological space - Čech cohomologyCech cohomologyIn mathematics, specifically algebraic topology, Čech cohomology is a cohomology theory based on the intersection properties of open covers of a topological space. It is named for the mathematician Eduard Čech.-Motivation:...
, mathematical theory, named after Eduard Čech, which is based on intersection properties of open covers of topological space - Největší ČechNejvetší CechNejvětší Čech is the Czech spin-off of the BBC Greatest Britons show; a television poll of the populace to name the greatest Czech in history. The series was broadcast by the national public-service broadcaster, Česká televize...
(The Greatest Czech), Czech television series which, from January to June 2005, conducted poll to select 100 Greatest Czechs of all time - CECH, acronym for University of Cincinnati College of Education Criminal Justice and Human ServicesUniversity of Cincinnati College of Education Criminal Justice and Human ServicesThe University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services is a college of the University of Cincinnati and is located in Teachers College and Dyer Hall on the university's main campus in Cincinnati, Ohio...