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Academician Zdravko Lorković, the first head of the Department of Veterinary Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb

Maja Popović ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ksenija Vlahović ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Josip Kusak ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Tomislav Gomerčić ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Đuro Huber ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Daniel Špoljarić ; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska

Abstract

Academician Zdravko Lorković was a world-wide known biologist, entomologist, geneticist, evolutionist and ecologist (1900- 1998). He was the first professor of biology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, where he worked from 1941 to 1951. The faculty archives show that he was elected as the first chair of the Biology Department on 20 May 1942, and this date is considered the date of establishment of the Department. This short overview of the work of Academician Zdravko Lorković has been prepared regarding to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the establishment of the Department for Veterinary Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, and the 20th anniversary of his death.

Keywords

Zdravko Lorković; biologist; entomologist; Department of Veterinary Biology

Hrčak ID:

223845

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/223845

Publication date:

28.7.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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