Baltazar Adam Krčelić (5 February 1715 – 29 March 1778) was a Croatian historian, theologian and lawyer. After Vitezović, he was the most prominent figure in the Croatian cultural life of the time.

Biography

He was born in Šenkovec near Zagreb on 5 February 1715 and was schooled in Zagreb, Vienna and Bologna, where he gained a degree in theology and law. In 1747, he was the

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and rector of the ''Collegium Croaticum Viennense'' in

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. In 1755, at the prompting of the court in Vienna, he composed a draft for the administrative reform in Croatia. His first published work is the biography of medieval

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, which was written in

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. In 1754, he completed a major work of eclessial history of Zagreb, publishing it in 1770, which was later used by

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. His yearbook ''Annuae 1748–1767'' is a precious source for the history of the period. Shortly before his death, he donated his books and manuscripts to the library of the Royal Academy in Zagreb, which was a precursor to today's

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. He died in Zagreb on 29 March 1778.

Works

* 1747. ''Živlenje blaženoga Gazotti Augustina, zagrebečkoga biskupa''. * 1767. ''Naivrednesze sztalnoszti pelda: Poglaviti i prechasztni goszpon, goszpon Januss Busan ��po prodeke poglavitoga goszp. Bolthisara Adama Kerchelich de Corbavia, opata Szveteh apostolov Petra i Paula de Kacs, sztolne zagrebechke czirkve kanovnika, i tabule, vu orszagu ovom, zagrebachke judiciariae assessora''. Vu Zagrebu: po factoru Antonu Jandera. * 1770. ''Historiarum cathedralis ecclesiae Zagrabiensis partis primae tomus primus''. * 1770. ''De Regnis Dalmatiae, Croatiae, Slavoniae notitiae praeliminares''. * 1772. ''Dusnosti szpunienie proti pokoinomu goszpodinu groffu Petru Troillu Sermage od Szomszedvara ��na dan anniversariuma ochivesto vuchinieno po razgovoru goszpodina Bolthisara Adama Kerchelich od Corbavie, sztolne zagrebechke czirkve kanovnika, opatta Sz. apostolov Petra i Paula de Kacs, jasprista zacheszanszkoga, tabule judiciarszke vu Horvaczkom i Sclavonszkom Krallesztvu kot Duhovnega sztola vu ove biskupie assessora: Vu letu 1772. dan aprila. Vu Zagrebu: Štampano po Antonu Jandera. * 1901. ''Annuae sive historia ab anno inclusive 1748. et subsequis (1767) ad posteritatis notitiam''.

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