Hrvoje Matković (October 14, 1923 – August 26, 2010) was a

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. Matković was born in

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. He finished gymnasium in Šibenik, and graduated history in 1947. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1971 at the

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. He worked in gymnasium in

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(1948), then in school in

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until 1954, and finally in the

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and Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb until his retirement in 1990. Focus of Matković's research was the 20th-century history of Croatia.

Main works

* (1972) * (1993, 1995, 1999) *, Zagreb: Naklada P.I.P. Pavičić (1994, 2002) * (1995) * (1995) * (1998) * (1999)

Sources

Umro povjesničar Hrvoje Matković
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