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Ivan Crkvenčić
Croatian food and regional geographer and geopolitician
Ivan Crkvenčić (24 May 1923 - 24 October 2011) was a prominent Croatian food and regional geographer as well as geopolitician.[2]
He graduated at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in Zagreb, where he obtained his doctorate in 1956 and lectured (1971–93). In 2000 he receives a professor emeritus title.[2] Crkvenčić lectured as well in the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, United States and Serbia. He was a dean of the Faculty of Science (1978–82) and founder and the only president of the Institute for Geography (1964–74) in Zagreb.[2]
He was a founder and long-standing editor of the scientific journal Geographical Papers and author of the geographical encyclopedia in six volumes Geografija SR Hrvatske (”Geography of SR Croatia"). Other notable works include Afrika: regionalna geografija ("Africa: regional geography", 1966) and Afričko sredozemlje ("African Mediterranean", 1980).[2][3][4] His works were published in journals Geographical Papers, Acta Croatica Geographica,[5] Croatian Geographical Bulletin[6] and others.[3][4]