Marko Vego, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian archaeologist
Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1907
Place of Birth: Čapljina, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Death: 26-Feb-1985
Profession: historian, archaeologist, anthropologist
Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Marko Vego
- Marko Vego (8 January 1907 – 26 February 1985) was a Bosnian and Herzegovinian archaeologist, epigrapher and historian. Vego was born in Capljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to father Jozo who was a worker at a tobacco station.
- Vego finished a Široki Brijeg classical gymnasium, the Faculty of Theology at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and the University of Zagreb (Croatia), Faculty of Philosophy also at the University of Zagreb and a professorial exam in Belgrade, Serbia.
- He wrote a doctoral thesis titled "History of Zachlumia from the coming of Slavs to uniting with Bosnia in 1322" (Serbo-Croatian: Povijest Humske Zemlje od doseljenja Slovena do sjedinjenja s Bosnom 1322 godine) at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.
- He did not present it due to some unexplained circumstances. Vego worked as a history teacher at the State Real Gymnasium in Nikšic, Montenegro from 1938 to 1944.
- He also took part in the Antifascist Action from October 1, 1944 to May 15, 1945.
- He was a professor at the first Teacher Course in Trebinje and advanced to the status of the Trebinje Partisan Gymnasium principal on February 22, 1945.
- In 1946 and 1947 he was the principal of the State Real Gymnasium in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and since September 9, 1947 he worked as a professor at the Teacher Course in Sarajevo.
- In 1949–50 he was the principal of the Teacher School in Sarajvo.
- From August 28, 1950 to December 9, 1957 he was the director of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.
- Marko Vego retired in 1965.
- He received several awards in Bosnia and Herzegovina for his work (the most important one is the "27.
- juli award").
- Vego's subject of focus were mostly medieval times and he was best known for his work in archaeology, numismatics, epigraphy and topographical history of Medieval Bosnia.
- He published more than 300 works.
- He died in Sarajevo.
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