Antun Barac

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A monument to Antun Barac in Crikvenica

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

  1. ^ 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.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Rector of the University of Zagreb
1950–1951
Succeeded by