František Patočka


František Patočka was a Czech microbiologist and serologist. He established the study of virology in Czechoslovakia.
Patočka studied medicine at the Charles University in Prague. In 1936 he became head of the Czech Bacteriological Institute. During the 1960s he worked as an expert for the WHO in India and Zaire.
His brother Jan Patočka was a well-known Czech philosopher.