Ivo Lapenna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivo Lapenna

law professor from Yugoslavia

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1909

Place of Birth: Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1987

Profession: jurist, rhetorician, Esperantist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ivo Lapenna (5 November 1909 in Split – 15 December 1987 in Copenhagen) was a law professor from Yugoslavia.
He was a noted Esperanto speaker and served as the President of the World Esperanto Association between 1964 and 1974.
Lapenna was highly regarded as an orator in Esperanto, authored a number of books, and was the driving force behind the 1954 Montevideo Resolution in which UNESCO recognized Esperanto.