Diviš, Prokop (26.03.1698–21.12.1765) was a Czech physicist. Born in Žamberk. In 1719 he entered a monastery and taught at the monastery school. In 1733 he became a doctor of theology at Salzburg. From 1736 he was a priest.
He studied electrical phenomena with an electrostatic machine he had improved himself, and atmospheric electricity. Independently of B. Franklin he was the first in Europe to invent (1754) the lightning conductor, and he proposed that it be widely used. He applied electricity in medicine and chemistry and developed a method of electrotherapy. His research also concerned hydraulics, chemistry and alchemy.