Ivan Paštrić (, ) (1636 – 20 March 1708) was a Croatian scientist, poet, linguist and editor of the

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Paštrić was born in Poljica in Dalmatia and taken to

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in the first year of his life. In Split baptismal records is recorded that Ivan Paštrić, son of Antonia and Ivanica, was baptized by Andrea Reggio on 15 June 1636. Paštrić was lecturer at the college of the

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. In about 1700 donated his rich library to the

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in Split. The books he donated became a basis of the Split Seminary Library.

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referred to Paštrić as "master of all science". Paštrić was probably a member of the Illyrian Academy founded in 1703 by John Peter Marchi. The establishment of the academy was probably initiated by Paštrić. Since 1691, he was a member of the

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. During last two years of his life Paštrić was president of the Illyrian Society of St. Jerome. Paštrić died in Rome on 20 March 1708. He was buried in the yard of the guesthouse of the Illyrian College of Loreto.

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