Jan Osvald
1883–1964 (age 81)
Biography
Jan Osvald was born in 1883 and spent his life in Brno, a city that served as an important cultural and economic center in Moravia. He lived through the final decades of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the subsequent formation of Czechoslovakia.
He died in 1964 at the age of 81 and was interred in Brno Central Cemetery. His long life provided him with the perspective of witnessing profound historical transformations in Central Europe.