Vladimír List

Vladimír List (June 4, 1877 in Prague – May 27, 1971 in Brno) was a Czech electrical engineer, scientist and university teacher active in area of technical standardization. From 1895 to 1899 List had studied mechanical engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague but became interested in electrotechnics. In 1900 and 1901 he studied it at the Montefiore Institute in Liège, Belgium. After return he became chief designer in František Křižík's company where he worked on problems of electrification of railways and the industry (1902–08). In 1904 he married Helena Gebauerová, daughter of bohemist Jan Gebauer. In 1908 List became professor at the Czech Technical University in Brno (during 1917-18 he served as its rector).

In 1910 he helped to set up specialised magazine ''Elektrotechnický obzor'', in 1913 he participated on systematic electrification of Moravia and convinced the authorities of necessity to build public high-voltage transmission lines. In 1926 he proposed construction of Prague Metro, not realized at the time.

Since 1926 he was editor of book series ''Technický průvodce – Elektrotechnika'' (''Technical Guide - Electrotechnics''). He had written about 600 publications, many of them textbooks (well known were ''Základy elektrotechniky'' I and II).

After communist takeover in Czechoslovakia (1948) List was sent to pension but he still published (his last article for magazine "Elektrotechnický obzor" was written in 1970 when he was 93 years old). Provided by Wikipedia