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Tesař

Surname list

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 13, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Tesař is a Czech occupational surname literally meaning "carpenter". Notable people include:Heinz Tesar (1939–2024), Austrian architect

Jan Tesař (athlete), Czech sprinter

Jan Tesař (historian) (1933–2025), Czech historian and writer

Jaroslav Tesař, Czech footballer

Linda Tesar, American economist

Lubor Tesař, Czech cyclist

Paul J. Tesar, American developmental biologist

Pavel Tesař, Czech cyclist

Zdeněk Tesař, Czech speedway rider

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tesař” as surname list. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1939, 2024, 1933, 2025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Tesař, Surname and list can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as surname list. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 13, 2025. The first chronological checks are 1939, 2024, 1933 and 2025.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tesař”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tesař primary sources, Tesař archive and Tesař research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tesař”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tesař” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.