Bernard Grun

Bernard Grun (; 11 February 1901 28 December 1972) was a Central European composer, conductor, and author. He is primarily remembered as the compiler of The Timetables of History. Early life Grün was born on 11 February 1901 in Startsch, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Stařeč, Czech Republic). He completed a degree in philosophy and a doctorate in law at Vienna and Prague, From 1924 to 1929 he worked as a conductor in Prague at the Neues Deutsches Theater (New German Theatre). His first major work was the 1929 Bohemian Musicians, In 1946, he published his compilation The Timetables of History, adapted from Werner Stein’s Kulturfahrplan, presenting human history since 5000BC in tabular form. Each century, then decade, then year, is presented with its major events (if known) divided under the seven headings: * Influential leaders and political events * Literature & Theater * Religion, Philosophy, Learning * Visual Arts * Music * Scientific and technological inventions * Daily Life, innovations, trends. It has been in constant publication, with the most recent update in 2005. In the postwar period, Grun continued writing film music for titles such as White Cradle Inn (1947), The Blind G