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List Of People From Dubrovnik
This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, ordered by century of birth and alphabetically. This includes people born in the Republic of Ragusa (1358–1808), a maritime republic corresponding to the present-day city and its surrounding area. 14th–18th century * Francesco Maria Appendini (1768–1837), Italian priest, philologist and linguist. * Vito Maria Bettera-Vodopić (1771–1841), military officer and politician. * Ruđer Bošković (1711–1787), scientist, diplomat and poet. * Marin Držić (1508–1567), playwright and prose writer. * Marin Getaldić (1568–1626), scientist. * Vlaho Getaldić (1788–1872), politician and poet. * Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638), poet. * Ivan Rabljanin (1470–1540), technology and artist. * Luka Radovanović (–1502), bookbinder and owner of the first printing press in Ragusa. * Joakim Stulli (1729–1817), Franciscan, lexicographer. * Mavro Vetranović (1482–1576), poet and wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Junije Palmotić
Junije (Džono) Palmotić, (also ''Giunio'' in Italian or ''Junius Palmotta'' in Latin) (1606 - 1657) was a Croatian baroque writer, poet and dramatist from the Republic of Ragusa. He was a member of the Palmotić noble family. Early life Palmotić was born in 1606 in Ragusa (Dubrovnik, now Croatia), the son of Juraj Palmotić (Giorgio Palmotta) and Ursula née Gradić (Orsola Gradi). His parents belonged to the notable patrician families of Palmotić and Gradić (Gradi in Italian), respectively. Through his mother, he was related to Ivan Gundulić. He had an older brother Džore and younger Ivan, who died young in his childhood. Education Little is known about his schooling, but he may have attended city school as it was mandatory for male nobles. It is known that he attended a private school opened in 1619 by the Jesuits and whose lecturers included, in the next few generations, Ivan Gradić, Ignjat Tudišević, Marin Gundulić, Ivan Dražić and Bartol Kašić. As P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoje Bersa
Blagoje Bersa (born as Benito Bersa, 21 December 1873 – 1 January 1934) was a Croatian musical composer of substantial influence. Bersa was born in . He studied in with and at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matija Ban
Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. Ban was born in near Dubrovnik, then in the Kingdom of Dalmatia in the Austrian Empire, now in Croatia. Matija Ban settled in Serbia in 1844. He is commonly regarded as being the first to use the term " Yugoslav", in a poem in 1835. In 1848 he came from Serbia to Dalmatia to study the state of national sentiment there. He is known for his Romanticist popular tragedies. See also * Ignjat Job * Ivan Stojanović * Milan Rešetar * Vicko Adamović * Konstantin Branković References Further reading * Jovan Skerlić Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lujo Adamović
Lujo Adamović ( sr-Cyrl, Лујо Адамовић; 31 July 1864 – 19 July 1935) was a Serbian botanist and plant collector who was a leading authority regarding the genus Hieracium, recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Life Adamović was born in Rovinj (Rovigno), Istria, Austrian Empire, where his father Vicko Adamović was on a short term of service, and grew up in Dubrovnik. He received his education in Belgrade (1888), Vienna and in Berlin (1898), where he wrote his Ph.D. dissertation entitled ''Die Vegetationsverhaltnisse Ostserbiens''. His professors were Anton Kerner von Marilaun and Adolf Engler. After graduation, Adamović worked as a Royal Serbian School Board high school teacher in the various towns in southern Serbia, such as Zaječar, Pirot, Gornji Milanovac and Vranje. From 1901 to 1905 Adamović was director of the Jevremovac Botanical Garden of the University of Belgrade. He lived temporarily in Vienna and Italy. Adamovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Sorkočević
Count Luka Sorkočević ( it, Luca Sorgo; January 13, 1734 – September 11, 1789) was composer from the Republic of Ragusa. His music has been preserved, like other Sorkočević family possessions, in the archives of the Dubrovnik Franciscan convent. He is known as the first Croatian symphonist. Biography Luka (Lukša) Sorkočević was born in Dubrovnik and received an extensive education. His music teacher was the Italian composer Giuseppe Valenti, who was ''maestro di cappella'' of Dubrovnik Cathedral in the 1750s. He continued his education in Rome where he studied musical composition with Rinaldo di Capua. Later, Sorkočević married a girl from the Luccari (Lukarević) family and held several posts in various branches of Dubrovnik politics and society. During his relatively brief stint in Vienna as the ambassador to the imperial court he met several leading composers of his time, like Gluck and Haydn, and the famous poet Metastasio – a valuable experience for his later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šiško Menčetić
Šišmundo Menčetić ( it, Sigismondo Menze), known simply as Šiško Menčetić (; 1457–1527) was a poet from Ragusa, chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century. Biography Menčetić was born in 1458 in the city of Dubrovnik (today's Croatia), Republic of Ragusa, part of the aristocratic family of Menčetić, as the son of Šimun Menčetić and his wife, Veronika Đurđević. He spent his youth ribald and dissolute; his name is often mentioned in law documents of the Dubrovnik archive. He was charged in court due to incidents on city streets including the harassment of women. He served as an official in the Dubrovnik government in various positions; as a twenty-year-old he entered the Ragusan Small Council, and twice (in 1521 and 1524), he was the Duke of the Republic of Ragusa. Menčetić married in 1497 when he was 40. He died, with two of his sons, on June 25, 1527, in a major outbreak of the plague. Writings Influences Menčetić belongs to the first generation of Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedikt Kotruljević
Benedetto Cotrugli ( hr, Benedikt "Beno" Kotruljević; 1416–1469) was a Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Life Cotrugli was born in the city of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), part of the Republic of Ragusa. As a diplomat of the Kingdom of Naples, he spent some 15 years in the Court of Naples where he led many discussions and polished his thoughts on humanist subjects. From 1451 until 1469 he lived in Naples. He died in Aquila. Surviving manuscripts The earliest extant copy of Cotrugli's manuscript ''Libro de l'Arte de la Mercatura'' (''Book on the Art of Trade'') is kept in the National Library of Malta and is dated 1475, although the original manuscript was dated 1458.Basil S. Yamey (1994). "Benedikt Kotruljević on bookkeeping (1458)". ''Accounting, Business & Financial History'' 4(1): 43-50. The text of his 1458 manuscript ''Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto'' is followed by an appendix containing an inventory and many journal entries. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trojan Gundulić
Trojan Gundulić ( it, Troiano Gondola; c. 1500 - c. 1555) was a merchant and printer from the Republic of Ragusa who is remembered for his participation in the printing of the first book in Belgrade, '' The Four Gospels'' ("Četverojevanđelje"). Life Trojan was born in the town of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia) into the Gondola family (Gundulić), which was a Ragusan noble family of Italian origins. Gundulić started as a barber in his hometown and remained in this trade after his arrival to Ottoman-held Belgrade (modern-day Serbia). He later went into the trade business, which enabled him to finance the printing of books. A large printing shop was established in Gundulić's house after he learned the printing trade from his mentor Radiša Dmitrović. Gundulić continued the work on ''Četverojevanđelje'' started by Radiša Dmitrović, who died early. In his turn, Gundulić passed the work to Hieromonk Mardarije of Mrkšina Crkva Monastery, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đivo Šiškov Gundulić
Đivo (Ivan) Šiškov Gundulić (also ''Giovanni di Sigismondo Gondola''), (13 February 1678 – 13 December 1721) was a nobleman from the Republic of Ragusa, the son of Šišmundo (Šiško) Gundulić and Katarina Nale. He was the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa between 1696 and 1700. Following his father and his grandfather Ivan Gundulić, he also wrote poetry: ''Suze i tužbe Radmilove'' (1702), ''Radmio'' (1701), ''Oton'' (1707) and ''Filomena''. He also composed diverse folklore songs, that have been preserved from generation to generation until today by the people of Dubrovnik. Life Đivo was accused of raping a young Sephardic Jew, Luna Židovka on 13 March 1699. Đivo Šiškov Gundulić was engaged at the time to Maria Bosdari, and what happened after the raping young Luna Židovka (Protocol of the Conference that was held by the Council on Friday 13 March 1699). The Council found Gundulić guilty, all the Bosdari nobles were against him and wanted revenge. The sentence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Vitov Gučetić
Nicolò Vito di Gozzi ( la, Nicolai Viti Gozzii, 1549–1610), Niko Vita Gozze, or Nikola Gučetić was a Ragusan statesman, philosopher, science writer and author of one of the first scientific dissertations regarding speleology. Life Gučetić was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik, Croatia), into the Gozze (Gučetić) noble family, being kin of the earlier writer Đivo Gučetić (1451–1502). He received most of his education in Dubrovnik and in Italy. He was the central person in the cultural life in Dubrovnik in his time and owned probably the biggest private library in town. Rarely traveling outside the limits of town, he was occupied by trade, finances, and other official duties for the city-state. Elected Rector of the Republic of Ragusa seven times at the turn of the 17th century, he devoted his life to the prosperity of the city. Pope Clement VIII awarded him an honorary doctorate in philosophy as well a master's degree in theology. Gozze was highly regarded for his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignjat Đurđević
Ignjat Đurđević (also Ignazio Giorgi; February 1675 – 21 January 1737) was a baroque poet and translator from the Republic of Ragusa, best known for his long poem ''Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice'' ("''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene''"). He wrote poetry in three languages: Latin, Italian and Croatian. Biography Đurđević was born in Ragusa to Bernardo Giorgi and Teresa Zlatarić. He did not belong to the House of Giorgi, but to a minor, recently ennobled, family, the Giorgi di Bernardo. He was a member of the Great Council (1693), duke of Šipan Island (1695) and Lovrijenac fortress captain (1696). As a member of a rich and respectable family, he lived recklessly and often in debauchery. His love adventures cost him the position of the duke on Šipan. Because of his unrequited love towards a ''diklica'' (girl) from Dubrovnik and a libertine poem he wrote to her, Đurđević even had to leave the city for a while. In 1698 he joined Jesuits in Rome where he completed philoso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
