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Purkyně, Jan Evangelista

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Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Fig. 1) was born sometime between 17 December and 19 December 1787 in the castle in Libochovice near Litomeřice, Bohemia (then part of the Austrian monarchy) and now Czech Republic [1]. Purkyně died on 28 July 1869.

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  1. Faculty of textile engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Michal Vik

  2. College of Textiles, NC STATE University, 2401 Research Dr., Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

    Renzo Shamey

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  1. School of Design University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Ronnier Luo

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Vik, M., Shamey, R. (2015). Purkyně, Jan Evangelista. In: Luo, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_342-1

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