Aleksandar Stipčević
Encyclopedia
Aleksandar Stipčević Ph.D. (born October 10, 1930) is a Croatia
n historian that specialised in the study of Illyrians
. Most of his findings are published in his 1974 book called Illyrians (Croatian: Iliri) that besides English
is also translated into Italian
and Albanian
.
, Croatia
(then Zara, Kingdom of Italy
). He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb
from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. Some of his published titles include: Illyrians, The Illyrian Art, The Illyrian Cult Symbols, Illyrian Bibliography, The History of Books, Censorship and Libraries. Some of them are translated to other languages.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n historian that specialised in the study of Illyrians
Illyrians
The Illyrians were a group of tribes who inhabited part of the western Balkans in antiquity and the south-eastern coasts of the Italian peninsula...
. Most of his findings are published in his 1974 book called Illyrians (Croatian: Iliri) that besides English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
is also translated into Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
.
Origin and work
Aleksandar Stipčević was born in the village of Arbanasi near ZadarZadar
Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
(then Zara, Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
). He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb
University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. Some of his published titles include: Illyrians, The Illyrian Art, The Illyrian Cult Symbols, Illyrian Bibliography, The History of Books, Censorship and Libraries. Some of them are translated to other languages.