Original scientific paper
IVAN BRANISLAV ZOCH AND HIS ACTIVITIES IN CROATIA, 1876-1908
Ivica Golec
; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Ivan Branislav Zoch (1843-1921) was a Slovak who lived in Croatia from 1876 to 1908. He was a mathematician and physicist. He also contributed to the development of the education, science and culture. In 1876 he began working as a secondary school teacher in Osijek. He helped establish the secondary school in Sarajevo and at the same time he was the first headmaster of that school (1879-1881). In 1889-1908 he was the headmaster of the secondary school in Petrinja. In 1900-1906 period he was also the head of the Croat reading club in Petrinja. He deserves credit for the improvement in the curriculum and teaching techniques in the secondary schools where he worked. In 1889 he wrote the first history of mathematics and physics in the Croatian language. In Osijek he initiated the publishing of the first Croatian encyclopaedia, whose first two volumes were published in 1877 and 1890. He also wrote numerous articles and studies on various subjects. He translated many works of Slovak literature into Croatian language. Throughout more than 30 years that Zoch had spent in Croatia, he gave invaluable contribution to the development of the Croatian science, education and culture. At the same time Zoch’s activites strengthen the ties between Croatia and Slovakia.
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161945
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Publication date:
26.4.2002.
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