Zdravko Lorković (3 January 1900 in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

– 11 November 1998 in Zagreb) was a Croatian

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

, entomologist and

geneticist A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processes ...

. Lorković was a professor at the

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where he graduated in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

. He acquired a doctorate in biology in

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under

Jovan Hadži Jovan Hadži (; 22 November 1884 – 11 December 1972) was a Slovenian zoologist of Serbian origin. Biography Hadži was born in a Serbian family in Temišvar (today Timișoara, Romania) in what was then Austria-Hungary. He began his career in Zag ...

. He studied the

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of cells and

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s, the origin and

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of species and

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. Lorković was one of the first cytotaxonomists in the world and one of the pioneers of cytotaxonomy best known for his karyotype studies of butterflies summarised in Lorković, 1990 "The butterfly chromosomes and their application in systematics and phylogeny" in: . He was the son of Ivan Lorković and the sibling of

Mladen Lorković Mladen Lorković (1 March 1909 – April 1945) was a Croatian politician and lawyer who became a senior member of the Ustaše and served as the Foreign Minister and Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World ...

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* * - Obituary and bibliography. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorkovic, Zdravko 1900 births 1998 deaths Croatian entomologists Croatian biologists Lepidopterists Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Scientists from Zagreb Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Yugoslav zoologists 20th-century Croatian scientists