About Božidar Finka
Lived 1925 – 1999 (aged 73). Božidar Finka was a scientist and lexicographer.
Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Life and education Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high school in Split. In 1960, he graduated in Slavic Studies with the dissertation . Finka spent most of his scientific career working at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, serving as its director from 1973–77. He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1988.
Works Finka's most significant work was in the fields of Croatian and Slavic dialectology and toponymy. With Stjepan Babić and Milan Moguš, he co-authored ('Croatian Orthography', 1st ed. 1971).
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Croatian linguist (1925-1999)
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Božidar Finka was born on 19 December 1925 in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Sali, Croatia.
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Božidar Finka died on 17 May 1999 in Zagreb.
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Božidar Finka was a scientist and lexicographer.
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