Education
From 1872 to 1880, Vondrák attended gymnasium in Prachatice and České Budějovice.
From 1872 to 1880, Vondrák attended gymnasium in Prachatice and České Budějovice.
He moved to Vienna, starting to study Roman philology, but soon switching to Slavic philology under Franz Miklosich. He obtained a doctoral degree in 1884. From 1881 to 1891, Vondrák worked as a private teacher for various aristocratic families.
In 1903, he was appointed to professor extraordinarius at the Vienna University.
In 1919, he was appointed to professor at the Brno University. Vondráks research contributions lie in the fields of Old Church Slavonic and comparative Slavistics, particularly grammar.