Vojtěch Šafařík

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Portrait of Vojtěch Šafařík

Vojtěch Šafařík (October 26, 1829, Újvidék, Bács-Bodrog County – July 2, 1902, Prague) was a Czech chemist, specializing in inorganic chemistry. He wrote many popular textbooks as well as making over 20,000 observations of variable stars.

The crater Šafařík on the Moon is named after him.

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