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Biography

Vego was born in

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(

) to father Jozo who was a worker at a tobacco station. Vego finished a

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classical gymnasium, the Faculty of Theology at the

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also at the University of Zagreb and a professorial exam in Belgrade,

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. He wrote a

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titled "History of

Zachlumia Zachlumia or Zachumlia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Zahumlje, Захумље, ), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia ...

from the coming of Slavs to uniting with Bosnia in 1322" ( sh, Povijest Humske Zemlje od doseljenja Slovena do sjedinjenja s Bosnom 1322 godine) at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. He did not present it due to some unexplained circumstances. Vego worked as a history teacher at the State Real Gymnasium in

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from 1938 to 1944. He also took part in the

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in the

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. He was a professor at the first Teacher Course in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the r ...

and advanced to the status of the Trebinje Partisan Gymnasium principal on February 22, 1945. In 1946 and 1947 he was the principal of the State Real Gymnasium in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and since September 9, 1947 he worked as a professor at the Teacher Course in

. In 1949–50 he was the principal of the Teacher School in Sarajvo. From August 28, 1950 to December 9, 1957 he was the director of the

in Sarajevo. Marko Vego retired in 1965. He received several awards in Bosnia and Herzegovina for his work (the most important one is the " 27. juli award"). Vego's subject of focus were mostly

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and he was best known for his work in archaeology,

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, epigraphy and

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history of

medieval Bosnia This is the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, between the ancient and Roman period and the Ottoman period. Early Middle Ages The western Balkans had been reconquered from "barbarians" by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 52 ...

. He published more than 300 works. He died in

Bibliography

*Povijest Humske zemlje (Hercegovine),

Samobor Samobor () is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County. Geography Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills ( hr, Samo ...

, 1937 *Ljubuški. Srednjovjekovni nadgrobni spomenici Bosne i Hercegovine VI,

, 1954 *Don Ivan Musić i Hrvati u Hercegovačkom ustanku 1875.–1878. godine, Sarajevo, 1955 (self-published) *Naselja srednjovekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1957 *Historijska karta srednjovjekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1957, 1978 *Historija Broćna od najstarijih vremena do turske okupacije, Sarajevo, 1961 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine I, Sarajevo, 1962 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine II, Sarajevo, 1964 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine III, Sarajevo, 1964 *Bekija kroz vijekove, Sarajevo, 1964 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine IV, Sarajevo, 1970 *Iz istorije srednjovjekovne Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 1980 *Historija Brotnja od najstarijih vremena do 1878. godine, Čitluk, 1981 *Postanak srednjovjekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1982

References

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vego, Marko 1907 births 1985 deaths People from Čapljina Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Epigraphers Bosnia and Herzegovina medievalists Historians of Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina historians Yugoslav historians Bosnia and Herzegovina archaeologists Yugoslav archaeologists 20th-century archaeologists Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni University of Freiburg alumni