Franjo Maixner (August 4, 1841 – March 2, 1903) was a

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university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb. Born in

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, he graduated philosophy at the

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. In 1886, he founded a Seminar for

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(today Department for Classical Philology) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, holding a position of the first professor. In the academic year 1878/1879 he served as a rector of the University of Zagreb, and after his rectorship mandate expired, as a prorector of the Royal University of Franz Joseph in

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. Up until 1888 he alone conducted all the teaching activity at the newly established department, including the courses on

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and

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. He became full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1882. Maixner wrote works on

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, Classical literature and

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. Of the classical authors, he chiefly studied

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. He also studied

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. He died in Zagreb.

References

Maixner's biography
at the University of Zagreb website {{DEFAULTSORT:Maixner, Franjo 1841 births 1903 deaths People from Osijek Rectors of the University of Zagreb Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Charles University alumni Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery