Vasilije Matić (12 June 1906 – 20 August 1981) was a

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expert from

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. Matić was born in Srpske Moravice. He graduated from the Faculty of Agroforestry at the

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in 1930. He worked at Sušak,

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and

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forestry office (1932–38), and Jasenak forestry office (1939–41). During the occupation of

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, he was imprisoned (1941–45). From 1945 to 1949, he worked in the Ministry of Forests, and the Ministry of

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Industry of the

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. He then became an Associate Professor and, in 1960, a full Professor on the Forestry faculty in Sarajevo in the subject of planning in forestry. He was an expert and science worker in forestry planning, particularly in the field of study of growth of trees. He was an organiser of the first forest inventory on large areas in Yugoslavia for the PR Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Vasilije Matić's obituary

Matić, Vasilije
1906 births 1981 deaths Forestry academics Croatian foresters Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb alumni University of Sarajevo faculty {{forestry-researcher-stub