Gjuro Szabo (, sometimes also Đuro Szabo; February 3, 1875, in

Novska Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb. Climate Since records began in 198 ...

– May 2, 1943, in

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) was a Croatian

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, art conserver and

museologist Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and ed ...

. He published over 200 papers about Croatian national history, the

history of art The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetics ...

, art conservation,

museology Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and ed ...

and

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, such as ''Medieval cities of Croatia and Slavonia'', ''Through the Croatian Hinterland'' and ''Old Zagreb''. From 1911 to 1943, he was the secretary of the State Committee for Landmark Preservation in Croatia and Slavonia, and from 1929 the manager of the

Zagreb City Museum Zagreb City Museum or Museum of the City of Zagreb () located in 20 Opatička Street, was established in 1907 by the Association of the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon (). It is located in a restored monumental complex (12th-century Popov toran ...

Work

* * "Contributions to the Building History of Zagreb Cathedral" (''Prilozi za građevnu povijest zagrebačke katedrale''), Zagreb, 1929 * "From the Olden Days of Zagreb" (''Iz starih dana Zagreba''), Zagreb, 1929 (vol. I), 1930 (vol. II), 1933 (vol. III) * "The Art of Our Countryside Churches" (''Umjetnost u našim ladanjskim crkvama''), Zagreb, 1930 * "Through the Hrvatsko Zagorje (Croatian Hinterland)", (''Kroz Hrvatsko zagorje''), Zagreb, 1939 * "Old Zagreb", (''Stari Zagreb''), Zagreb, 1941

References

1875 births 1943 deaths People from Novska 20th-century Croatian historians Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Conservator-restorers Croatian museologists {{Croatia-writer-stub