Armin Pavić (
Požega, March 29, 1844 –
Zagreb, February 11, 1914) was
Croatian
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linguist, university professor and rector of the
University of Zagreb.
He received a degree in
Classical philology and
Slavic studies
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in
Vienna in 1864. After his service as a high school professor, he was elected as a professor of
Croatian language
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and
literature at the Cathedra for
Serbo-Croatian language at the
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. In 1880 he was appointed as a full professor. He served as a dean of the faculty in two mandates, before being elected as a rector of the university in the academic year 1896/1897. After his rectorship mandate expired, he served as a prorector the following academic year.
As a university professor Pavić strove to keep the coherence of Serbo-Croatian studies, teaching simultaneously linguistic and literary-scientific courses. He became regular member of the
Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1874. In the period of 1898-1904 he served as a head of the departments for theology and teaching, and as a
parliament representative.
Pavić published theater and literary critics in many magazines, mostly in ''
Vienac''. He studied
Palmotić
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and
Gundulić, especially his ''Osman'' on which he published three papers.
References
Pavić's biography at the University of Zagreb website
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1844 births
1914 deaths
Linguists from Croatia
Rectors of the University of Zagreb
Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery