Antun Karlo Bakotić (4 November 1831 in
Kaštel Gomilica – 13 January 1887 in
Zadar) was a
Croatian writer and
physicist.
He studied mathematics and physics at
Vienna and
Venice
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. He worked as a professor in
Rijeka
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, as well as managing the Velika Gimnazija in
Split and acting as school superintendent. He was one of the first in
Croatia to publish an academic book about nature. In 1862 he arranged for printing the book ''Pojavi iz prirode za pouku prostoga naroda'' from the works of an
Italian author.
He wrote popular articles in his field in the magazine ''Književnik''. He collaborated with
Bogoslav Šulek
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on ''Riječnik znanstvenog nazivlja'' (''Dictionary of Scientific Terms''). Bakotić also published the book ''Vinarstvo'' (1867). He was one of the chief members of the
Croatian National Revival in southern Croatia. He campaigned for teaching
Croatian in
Dalmatia
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n schools and was also a member of the ''Narodni list'' newspaper.
His novel about
Bosnian life with national liberation themes, ''Raja'' (
Dhimmis, 1890), was published in installments in ''Iskra'' and ''Hrvatska'' and in entirety in ''Dom i svijet''.
Sources
Info - vremeplov
Bakotić, Antun Karloat enciklopedija.hr
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1831 births
1887 deaths
People from Kaštela
Croatian writers
Croatian physicists