Josip Roglić

Josip Roglić (born March 14, 1906 in Župa Biokovska near Zagvozd , Austria-Hungary ; † October 18, 1987 in Zagreb , Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav geomorphologist , marine scientist , transport and regional scientist , member of the Leopoldina and the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts . His most famous works are contributions to karstology : from the typification and distribution of karst types to karst quaternary geology and the vegetation in the karst . He also founded the Croatian Speleological Society.

Roglic was at the geographical and geological faculty of the 1934 University of Belgrade PhD . He further qualified in France , Germany and Austria . From 1946 until his retirement in 1976, he taught at the science and mathematics faculty of the University of Zagreb as a full professor and as a visiting professor in France, the United Kingdom , Austria, Poland and the USA . He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Dijon . Roglić wrote for the Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia and the Marine Encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute . He has written numerous karstological, geological and geomorphological publications.

literature

Stjepan Bertović: In Memoriam Akademik Josip Roglić. In: Sumarski list. 11-12, Zagreb 1988, pp. 577-580 ( sumari.hr ( Memento of May 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )).
Nenad Buzjak: Academician Josip Roglić (1906–1987) ( Croatian Speleological Server ( Memento from June 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )).
Aleksandar Lukić: Akademik Josip Roglić - stota godišnjica rođenja najpoznatijeg hrvatskog geografa [Academician Josip Roglić: 100th anniversary of the birth of the most famous Croatian geographer] ( geografija.hr ), March 14, 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Roglić, Josip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Yugoslav geomorphologist, marine scientist, transport and regional scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Župa Biokovska near Zagvozd
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1987
Place of death	Zagreb