The distinguished French geologist and palaeontologist Joachim Barrande was born on 11 August 1799. His research work concentrated on Bohemia, starting in the 1830s. Barrande died at Frohsdorf (Austria) on 5 October 1883 and is buried in the cemetery at Lanzenkirchen. At the occasion of the 220 yearsʼ anniversary of his birth, director of the Institute of Geology together with representatives of the Paleontological Department of the National Museum and the Society of the National Museum paid tribute to this eminent researcher at his grave.