Antun Barac
Antun Barac (20 August 1894 – 1 November 1955),[1] was a Croatian historian.
Biography
Barac was born in
Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1947.[1]
He edited numerous scientific editions and anthologies, and has written high school handbooks together with Nazor. He served as a prorector of the University of Zagreb after his rectorship mandate expired (1950–1951). He was a significant contributor to modern Croatian
Croatian National Revival to the time of creation of Yugoslavia
.
He died in Zagreb. A square in Novi Zagreb is named after him.
References
- ^ a b c Boško Novaković (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon]. Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 26.
Further reading
- ISBN 953-0-61107-2
External links
- (in Croatian) Antun Barac, University of Zagreb webpage