Franjo Iveković (September 19, 1834 – March 2, 1914) was a Croatian

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, and rector of the

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. Born in Klanjec, he studied theology in

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and Pest, receiving his Ph.D. in

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. For a brief period he served as a

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of the St. Mark's Church, Zagreb. At the Faculty of Theology in Zagreb he taught Oriental languages and biblical

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. In 1875, he served as a

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, becoming a full professor at the Faculty of Theology in 1878. He was rector of the University of Zagreb in the academic year 1879-1880 and, after his mandate expired, he served as a prorector. He also served as the director of the Nobility Boarding School and a

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. On the basis of the material collected by his deceased nephew Ivan Broz, along with his own research, he published an influential two-volume

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of Croatian in 1901. He published his papers in various journals and periodicals, including '' Vienac'', '' Rad'', '' Književnik'', and '' Katolički list'', among others Iveković died in Zagreb. The stairs on the Zagreb Gornji grad were named after him in 1931.

Works

* ''Životi svetaca i svetica božjih'' (1873-1888, ²1892-1908) * ''Biblijska povjest starozavjetne objave Božje za srednja učilišta'' (1879, ²1895, ³1900, ⁴1907, ⁵1913., ⁶1918, ⁷1921) * ''Biblijska povijest novozavjetne objave Božje za srednja učilišta'' (1879, ²1898, ³1911) * ''Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Svezak I. A - O.'' (1901) * ''Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Svezak II. P - Ž.'' (1901)

References

Iveković's biography
at the University of Zagreb website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivekovic, Franjo 1834 births 1914 deaths People from Klanjec Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Rectors of the University of Zagreb Linguists from Croatia Croatian lexicographers Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery University of Vienna alumni