Antonín Benjamin Svojsík

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Antonín Benjamin Svojsík

Born	(1876-09-05)5 September 1876 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 September 1938(1938-09-17) (aged 62)
Nationality	Czechoslovakian
Known for	Founder of the Czechoslovak Scouting organization Junák

Antonín Benjamin Svojsík (5 September 1876 – 17 September 1938) was a Czech pedagogue. He was the founder of the Czechoslovak Scouting organization Junák.

Svojsík served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from its creation in 1922 until 1933.

When J. S. Wilson visited Czechoslovakia for two weeks in April and May 1947, he laid a wreath on the tomb of Svojsík.