Professional paper
Gustav August Vichodil: A Moravian on “Temporary” Work in Križevci
Ozren Blagec
orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-263X
; City museum of Križevci, Križevci, Croatia
Abstract
Gustav August Vichodil was one of the most prominent Croatian agronomists at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in today’s Czech Republic. Apart from his native country, he studied in Germany and Hungary, and before coming to Croatia, he worked in Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. He came to Croatia in September 1874 at the invitation of the Provincial Government in Zagreb to take over the position of the secretary of the Croatian-Slavonian Economic Society. Since he proved to be an excellent agricultural expert, in 1878, he was appointed head of the Royal Agriculture and Forestry College in Križevci. Unfortunately, he retired in 1890 due to a severe illness. However, after recovering, he went back to work and wrote numerous articles on agriculture, which he published in Croatian and Austrian publications.
In his early works, Vichodil mostly dealt with agricultural economics, which is why he is considered to be the founder of that branch of science in Croatia. Later, he paid a lot of attention to pig farming, as well as to the organisation of agricultural education in Croatia. He was also one of the first authors to write about the cultivation of roses. Due to his contribution to the development of agronomy in Croatia, shortly before his death, he was awarded the first honorary doctorate in agricultural sciences at the University of Zagreb.
Keywords
Gustav August Vichodil; Križevci; Royal Agriculture and Forestry College in Križevci; agricultural economics; animal husbandry; dairy farming; organisation of agricultural education in Croatia
Hrčak ID:
256009
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Publication date:
28.12.2020.
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