Stjepan Spevec (June 14, 1839, Vukanci - January 28, 1905,

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) was a Croatian university professor and rector. He graduated law at the Law Academy in Zagreb. Since Academy didn't have the right to give Ph.Ds, he received his Ph.D. in

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in 1868. The same year he started to work in Zagreb court, and teach administrative and canon law at the Law Academy. Soon after, he was appointed as an associate, and afterward as a full professor of

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, state and

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. He became a university professor in 1874 after the foundation of

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, and soon after a rector in the academic year 1875/1876. After his rectorship mandate expired, he served as a prorector. In the period of 1875-91 he was a member of the

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. In 1886, he was appointed as a head of the Department for Theology and Education of the Royal Earth Government. He wrote the new school law. In 1891 he was selected as a president of the Chair of the Seven, a position which he held until his death. The king

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. named him his secret adviser in 1895.

References

Spevec's biography
at the University of Zagreb website {{DEFAULTSORT:Spevec, Stjepan 1839 births 1905 deaths People from Mače, Croatia Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni University of Zagreb faculty Rectors of the University of Zagreb Representatives in the Croatian Parliament (1848–1918)