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Charles University

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Charles University, in Czech Univerzita Karlova, is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is known historically as the University of Prague, in Latin Universitas Pragensis, and is also called Universitas Carolina in Latin and Karls-Universität in German. It is one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation and the third oldest university north of the Alps, after the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Today the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové and Plzeň.

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Founded Year
1347 1
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Bernard Bolzano, Scientists
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Vilém Mathesius, Scientists
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Charles University (CUNI; Czech: Univerzita Karlova, UK; Latin: Universitas Carolina; German: Karls-Universität), also known historically as the University of Prague (Latin: Universitas Pragensis), is the largest university in the Czech Republic.
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    26 January 1347
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    Charles University (CUNI; Czech: Univerzita Karlova, UK; Latin: Universitas Carolina; German: Karls-Universität), also known historically as the University of Prague (Latin: Universitas Pragensis), is the largest university in the Czech Republic.
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Vilém Mathesius (Wikipedia)
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In addition to his work in linguistics, in 1912 he founded the department of English philology at Charles University, which was the first such department in Czech lands.
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Bernard Bolzano (Wikipedia)
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University of Prague (1805-1819)
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