List of Slovenian historians
Encyclopedia
A list of important Slovene historian
s:
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
s:
- Martin BaučerMartin BaucerMartin Baučer , also known as Martin Baucer, was a Slovene historian who wrote in Latin.Baučer was born in the village of Selo near Ajdovščina in the Vipava Valley, in what was then the County of Gorizia...
(1595–1668) - Janez Ludvik Schönleben (1618–1681)
- Janez Vajkard ValvasorJanez Vajkard ValvasorJohann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor or simply Valvasor was a Slovenian nobleman, scientist and polymath, and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.-Biography:...
(1641–1693) - Marko Hanžič (1683–1766)
- Anton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž Linhart was a Slovene playwright and historian, best known as the author of the first comedy in Slovene, Županova Micka...
(1756–1795) - Urban JarnikUrban JarnikUrban Jarnik was a Carinthian Slovene priest, historian, poet, author and ethnographer.He was born in the lower Gailtal in the Duchy of Carinthia. He served as a parish priest in several villages and towns throughout southern Carinthia, including Klagenfurt and Moosburg, which at the time still...
(1784–1844) - Davorin TrstenjakDavorin TrstenjakDavorin Trstenjak , was a Slovene writer, historian and Roman Catholic priest.He was born in the village of Kraljevci near Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, in what was then the Austrian Duchy of Styria...
(1817–1890) - Karel DežmanKarel DežmanKarel Dežman, also known as Dragotin Dežman and Karl Deschmann was a Carniolan liberal politician and natural scientist. He was one of the most prominent personalities of the political, cultural, and scientific developments in the 19th century Duchy of Carniola...
(1821–1889) - Peter Podreka (1822–1889)
- August Dimitz (1827–1886)
- Janez TrdinaJanez TrdinaJanez Trdina was a Slovene writer and historian. The renowned author Ivan Cankar described him as the best Slovene stylist of his period. He was an ardent describer of the Gorjanci Hills and of the Lower Carniolan region in general...
(1830–1905) - Simon RutarSimon RutarSimon Rutar , was a Slovene historian and geographer. He wrote primarily on the history and geography of the areas that are now part of the Slovenian Littoral, the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the Croatian counties of Istria and Primorsko-Goranska.- Biography :Rutar was born in a...
(1851–1903) - Franc Kos (1853–1926)
- Josip Gruden (1869–1922)
- Anton von Premerstein (1869–1935)
- Dragotin LončarDragotin LončarDragotin Lončar was a Slovenian historian, editor and Social Democratic politician.He was born as Karel Lončar in Selo near Lukovica in Upper Carniola. After finishing the State Gymnasium in Ljubljana, he studied history at the Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1904...
(1876–1954) - Vladimir Levec (1877–1904)
- Franc Grivec (1878–1963)
- Jakob Kelemina (1882–1957)
- Bogumil VošnjakBogumil VošnjakBogumil Vošnjak, also known as Bogomil Vošnjak was a Slovene and Yugoslav jurist, politician, diplomat, author and legal historian...
(1882–1955) - Josip Mal (1884–1978)
- Ljudmil Hauptmann (1884–1968)
- Gregor Čremošnik (1890–1958)
- Milko KosMilko KosMilko Kos was a Slovenian historian, considered the father of the so-called Ljubljana school of historiography....
(1892–1972) - Fran Erjavec (1893–1960)
- Alojzij KuharAlojzij KuharAlojzij Kuhar was a Slovenian and Yugoslav politician, diplomat, historian and journalist. Together with Izidor Cankar and Franc Snoj, he was an important exponent of the liberal conservative fraction of the Slovene People's Party.-Biography:Kuhar was born into a Carinthian Slovene family in...
(1895–1958) - Lojze UdeLojze UdeLojze Ude was Slovenian lawyer, journalist and historian.- Honours :* Golden Obilić Medal * Order of Merit with silvery rays...
(1896–1982) - Dušan Kermauner (1903–1975)
- France KlopčičFrance KlopčičFrance Klopčič was a Slovenian historian, author, translator and Communist political activist.He was born in the town of L'Hôpital , France, then part of the German province of Alsace-Lorraine, where his father worked as industrial workers. At the outbreak of World War One, the family moved to the...
(1903–1986) - Fran ZwitterFran ZwitterFran Zwitter was a Slovenian historian. He is considered, together with Milko Kos, Bogo Grafenauer and Vasilij Melik, the co-founder of the so-called Ljubljana school of historiography.- Life and work :...
(1905–1988) - Walter Markov (1909–1993)
- Metod Mikuž (1909–1982)
- Bogo GrafenauerBogo GrafenauerBogo Grafenauer was a Slovenian historian, who mostly wrote about medieval history in the Slovene Lands. Together with Milko Kos, Fran Zwitter, and Vasilij Melik, he was one of the founders of the so-called Ljubljana school of historiography.- Early life :He was born in Ljubljana in a well...
(1916–1995) - Ferdo Gestrin (1916–1999)
- Sergij VilfanSergij VilfanSergij Vilfan , was a Slovenian jurist and historian, part of the so-called Ljubljana school of historiography, and member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts....
(1919–1996) - Vlado Habjan (1919–2003)
- Vasilij MelikVasilij MelikVasilij Melik was a Slovenian historian, who mostly worked on political history of the Slovene Lands in the 19th century.He was born in Ljubljana as the only son of the renowned geographer Anton Melik...
(b. 1921) - Janko PleterskiJanko PleterskiJanko Pleterski is a Slovenian historian, politician and diplomat.He was born in Maribor, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He attended high school in Ljubljana. In August 1941, he was arrested by the Fascist authorities of the Italian-occupied Province of Ljubljana...
(b. 1923) - Ignacij Voje (b. 1926)
- Tone Ferenc (1927–2003)
- Toussaint HočevarToussaint HocevarToussaint Hočevar or Toussaint Hocevar was a Slovenian American economic historian.- Biography :Hočevar was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He spent his childhood in the small town of Vrhnika near Ljubljana, where his father served as mayor...
(1927–1987) - Milica Kacin-Wohinz (b. 1930)
- Andreas Moritsch (1932–1997)
- Branko MarušičBranko MarušičBranko Marušič is a Slovenian historian.Born to an upper middle class Slovene family in Gorizia, Italy, he moved with the family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav-Italian border in 1947, and has been living in Solkan since...
(b. 1938) - Jože PirjevecJože PirjevecJože Pirjevec is a Slovene historian from Italy. He is one of the most prominent diplomatic historians of the west Balkans region, and member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts....
(b. 1940) - Janko PrunkJanko PrunkJanko Prunk is a Slovenian historian of modern history. He has published articles and monographs on analytical politology, modern history, the genesis of modern political formations, and the history of social and political philosophy in Slovenia...
(b. 1942) - Jožko ŠavliJožko ŠavliJožko Šavli was a Slovene author, self-declared historian and high school teacher in economic sciences from Italy....
(b. 1943) - Boris M. GombačBoris M. GombacBoris M. Gombač is a Slovene historian from Italy.He was born to a middle class Slovene family in Trieste, Italy. He studied history at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia...
(b. 1945) - Alenka PuharAlenka PuharAlenka Puhar is a Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian. She is known for her columns in the Slovenian journal Delo, for her writings on the dissident movements in Socialist Slovenia and Yugoslavia, as well as for her book "The Primary Text of Life" , a combination of...
(b. 1945) - Peter VodopivecPeter VodopivecPeter Vodopivec is a Slovenian historian and public intellectual.He was born in a Slovene family in Belgrade, Serbia, then capital of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied history at the University of Ljubljana...
(b. 1946) - Boris Mlakar (b. 1947)
- Tamara Griesser-Pečar (b. 1947)
- Dušan Nećak (b. 1948)
- Janez J. ŠvajncerJanez J. ŠvajncerJanez Janez Švajncer is a Slovenian retired brigadier, historian, lawyer, museologist, writer, editor and a veteran of the Ten-Day War...
(b. 1948) - Jerca Vodušek StaričJerca Vodušek StaričJerca Vodušek Starič, Slovene historian, * 1950Graduated history on the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana, obtained a master's degree in 1979 and a PhD in 1991.An investigator of Slovene and european history....
(b. 1950) - Vasko SimonitiVasko SimonitiVasko Simoniti is a Slovenian historian and politician. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as the Minister of Culture of Slovenia...
(b. 1951) - Nevenka Troha (b. 1951)
- Jurij Perovšek (b. 1954)
- Božo Repe (b. 1956)
- Oto LutharOto LutharOto Luthar is a Slovenian historian. Since 1992, he has served as the director of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana, the largest research institution in Slovenia....
(b. 1959) - Marta VerginellaMarta VerginellaMarta Verginella is a Slovenian-Italian historian from Trieste, and one of the most prominent contemporary Slovene historians.- Biography :She was born in Trieste, Italy, where she attended Slovene language schools...
(b. 1960) - Peter ŠtihPeter ŠtihPeter Štih is a Slovenian historian, specialising in medieval history.Štih was born in Ljubljana, but spent most of his childhood years in the town of Most na Soči in the Goriška region of western Slovenia. He attended grammar school in Tolmin and studied history at the University of Ljubljana,...
(b. 1960) - Mitja FerencMitja FerencMitja Ferenc is a Slovenian historian.Mitja Ferenc was born in Ljubljana as the son of the renowned historian and partisan veteran Tone Ferenc...
(b. 1960) - Bojan Godeša (b. 1962)
- Egon Pelikan (b. 1963)
- Aleš Gabrič (b. 1963)
- Andrej Studen (b. 1963)
- Igor Grdina (b. 1965)
- Taja KrambergerTaja KrambergerTaja Kramberger is a Slovenian poet, translator, essayist and historical anthropologist.She was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has finished undergraduate studies of history at the , where she studied also archaeology , but left it out when she became engaged in the literary field and...
(b. 1970) - Gorazd Bajc (b. 1972)