Franjo Iveković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franjo Iveković

Croatian lexicographer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1834

Place of Birth: Klanjec, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1914

Profession: linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Franjo Ivekovic (Klanjec, September 19, 1834 – Zagreb, March 2, 1914) was a Croatian linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb. He studied theology in Zagreb and Pest, receiving his Ph.D.
in theology in Vienna.
For a brief period he served as a chaplain of the St.
Mark's Church, Zagreb.
At the Faculty of theology in Zagreb he taught Oriental languages and Biblical exegesis.
Since 1875 he served as a docent, and since 1878 as a full professor at the Faculty of Theology.
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 canon. On the basis of the material collected by his deceased nephew Ivan Broz, and with his own research, he published an influential two-volume dictionary of the Croatian language in 1901.
He published his papers in various journals and periodicals (Vienac, Rad, Književnik, Katolicki list etc.).
Stairs on the Zagreb Gornji grad were named after him in 1931.



Alternative names	Oton Ivekovic; ???? ????????; Ivekovic; Oton Ivekovic
Description	-Austro-Hungarian painter
Date of birth/death	17 April 1869	4 July 1939
Location of birth/death	Klanjec	Klanjec
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