Zdravko Lorković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zdravko Lorković

Croatian entomologist (1900–1998)

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1900

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1998

Profession: lepidopterist, university teacher

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Zdravko Lorkovic (3 January 1900 in Zagreb – 11 November 1998 in Zagreb) was a Croatian biologist, entomologist and geneticist. Lorkovic was a professor at the University of Zagreb where he graduated in biology.
He acquired a doctorate in biology in Ljubljana under Jovan Hadži.
He studied the nucleus of cells and chromosomes, the origin and evolution of species and ecology. Lorkovic was one of the first cytotaxonomists in the world and one of the pioneers of cytotaxonomy best known for his karyotype studies of butterflies summarised in Lorkovic, 1990 "The butterfly chromosomes and their application in systematics and phylogeny" in: (Kudrna 1990). He was the son of Ivan Lorkovic and the sibling of Mladen Lorkovic.