History of the Department of Solid State Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

The history of the Department of Solid State Chemistry at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, dates back to 1835, when the position of Professor of natural sciences and commodities was created at the Prague Polytechnic and the eponymous Department was founded along with it. After division of the Polytechnic into Czech and German parts (1869), the position of Professor for mineralogy, geology and palaeontology and the corresponding Department for Mineralogy and Geology were established in the Czech part. In 1919, mineralogy was separated from geology at the Czech Technical University (geology was transferred to the Faculty of Civil Engineering) and, in 1920, the position of Professor for Mineralogy and Petrography and the Department of the same name were created at the Faculty of Chemistry. Later it was reduced to the Department of Mineralogy only. Around 1985, the name of this department was abridged to the Department of Mineral Resources and Crystallochemistry. The final name of the department, which is still valid today (2025), was given in 1986 – Department of Solid State Chemistry.