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Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

1866 · 19th century · Also known as Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is Croatia's national academy, founded in Zagreb in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts on the initiative of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, with the historian Franjo Rački as its first president. It published historical sources and a great historical dictionary of the Croatian language, and took its present name in 1991.

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/croatian-academy-of-sciences-and-arts
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The Epoch Institute. “Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/croatian-academy-of-sciences-and-arts.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/croatian-academy-of-sciences-and-arts (Accessed: ).

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