Emanuela Nohejlová-Prátová

Nohejlová-Prátová was born on 3 June 1900 in Opatovice nad Labem, east Bohemia, then part of Austria-Hungary.[1] Her father, Emanuel Nohejl, was the doctor and mayor for the village.[1] Her mother was Berta Schmidt and the couple had three daughters, of which Nohejlová-Prátová was the youngest.[2]

In 1918 Nohejlová-Prátová caught influenza as a result of the pandemic of Spanish flu that swept Europe, and this illness delayed her graduation.[2] Nevertheless, she graduated from high school and went on the study History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague; one of her tutors was the Czech historian, Professor J V Šimák.[1] Initially, her father encouraged to Medicine like him, but she preferred History - as soon as her eldest sister settled on Medicine, it meant that Nohejlová-Prátová could pursue her historical studies.[2] During her time at University, she became engaged, however in 1923 her fiancee died as a result of injuries received during the World War I.[2]

Nohejlová-Prátová's signature

By the end of her university studies, Nohejlová-Prátová had already begun to make a name for herself as an excellent historian.[2] Her final dissertation on the history of the Opatovice monastery was published soon after she graduated.[2]

From 1923 to 1926 she worked as a scientific officer at the National Museum in Prague.[2] In 1926 she returned briefly to teaching in schools in Chrudim, Ivančice and Dvůr Králové, but in 1927 she returned to Prague.[2]

In 1930 Nohejlová-Prátová was appointed as a curator in the Numismatic Department at the National Museum in Prague, where she worked until her retirement in 1959.

Nohejlová-Prátová had been a pioneer of the use of photographic enlargement in her research prior to the World War II.[1] Post-war, she returned to her job in the Department of Numismatics and began to research and catalogue the collections extensively.[1]

In 1949 she was appointed as a lecturer at Masaryk University in Brno, alongside her museum work.[1] She worked extensively on hoarding practices in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, examining deposits from the ancient period up to the nineteenth century,[3] In her research she worked across many periods, with her specialisms lying particularly in Czech coinage, especially of Bohemia,[4] and metrology.[5] She was also considered an expert on medieval counterfeits.[6] In Nohejlová-Prátová's work on Czech coinage in the tenth and eleventh century, she believed that numismatics tended to over-estimate the link between iconography and contemporary politics.[7] In 1958 she was awarded a doctorate.[1] In 1964 was appointed Professor at the Charles University.[1] By 1960, she was Keeper of Numismatics and President of the Czech Numismatic Commission.[8]

She died on 19 November 1995, aged 95, in Pardubice, Czech Republic and is buried in the cemetery there.[1]

A full bibliography for Nohejlová-Prátová can be found at Databáze Národní knihovny ČR.[9] She wrote several books, including:

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  Opatovického Monastery Ruins, surveyed by Nohejlová-Prátová
  Příběhy kláštera Opatovického [Stories of the Opatovický Monastery], 1925[10]
• Z příběhů pražské mincovny [Stories of the Prague Mint], 1929[11]
• Moravská mincovna markraběte Jošta [Moravian Mint of Margrave Jošt], 1933
• Košický poklad [Košice Treasure], 1948
• Coins Finds in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia [12]
  

  Coins from Hungary in the Golden treasure of Kosice, researched by Nohejlová-Prátová
• Das Münzwesen Albrechts von Wallenstein, 1969
• Základy numismatiky [Fundamentals of Numismatics], 1975 (2. vyd. 1986)
• Katalog výstavní sbírky medailí
• Dvě století vědecké numismatiky v českých zemích:(1771-1971)
• "Kralovna Emma." Královny, kněžny a velké ženy české
• České medaile Severina Brachmanna

As well as many articles, such as:

• Denar of Princess Euphemia
• Poznámky o ražbách pražské mincovny [Notes on the minting of the Prague Mint], 1930
• Krátký přehled českého mincovnictví a tabulky cen a mezd
• "Rožmberské tolary." Numismatické listy
• "Kilka uwag na temat najstarszych znalezisk denarów czeskich i współczesnych znalezisk polskich[13]