Education
Starting in 1812, he attended the secondary school in České Budějovice, then in Písek and finally studied philosophy in Prague.
Starting in 1812, he attended the secondary school in České Budějovice, then in Písek and finally studied philosophy in Prague.
Due to financial difficulties, he had to go back to České Budějovice, but was soon excluded because of reading out works by January Hus. He then lived as a translator and educator. In 1830 he received an offer from Russia—to found and lead a Slavic library in Saint St. Petersburg along with Pavel Jozef Šafárik und Václav Hanka.
However, Čelakovský soon received a pension from Prince Kinský.
From 1833 onwards he was the editor of a newspaper in Prague, but was forced to leave it due to having published an article that criticized Russian Tsars. In 1838 he became librarian to the Kinský family.
In 1841 he was appointed Professor of Slavonic Literature in Wrocław, and worked there until 1849, when he held the same position at the University of Prague.