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Charles University in Prague.
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Berchtold was born in Stráž nad Nežárkou (German: Platz an der Naser) (now District Jindřichův Hradec), in the Austrian Empire. He graduated from medical school in 1804, after which he practiced medicine and devoted much of his time to botany and natural history. He eventually abandoned regular medical practice and travelled throughout Europe, the Middle East and Brazil.
He co-authored several research papers with brother botanists Carl Borivoj Presl and January Svatopluk Presl.
An avid worker for Czechoslovakian national revival, Berchtold was involved in the establishment of the Prague National Museum. He died in 1876 in Buchlau (now Buchlovice), Moravia (now part of the Czechoslovakian Republic).
The genus Berchtoldia C.Presl (syn Chaetium Nees) was named in his honor.
