Gustav Janeček

Gustav Janeček
Born(1848-11-30)30 November 1848
Konopiště, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died8 September 1929(1929-09-08) (aged 80)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Alma materCharles University (PhD, 1875)
Known forEstablishing modern university chemistry in Croatia; founding the wholesale drug company Isis (1918, later Medika), and co-founding the pharmaceutical factory Kaštel d.d. (1921), predecessor of PLIVA
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Pharmacy
InstitutionsUniversity of Zagreb

Gustav Janeček (30 November 1848 – 8 September 1929) was a Czech-born Croatian chemist and pharmacist. He served as rector of the University of Zagreb and president of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (then JAZU). He is credited with establishing modern university chemistry and pharmacy teaching in Croatia and with helping to develop the country's early pharmaceutical industry through the firms Isis and Kaštel (the latter later becoming PLIVA).

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