Zdeněk Matějček was a Czech children's psychologist

Psychology

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 and researcher. He placed ninety-third on Největší Čech

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. Among his other achievements he was known for studies of the effects on children of being held in prison camps during WW II. He was principle organizer of a meeting of the International Association for Research in Learning Disabiliities held in Prague on October 2-5, 1989.