Milovan Zoričić (10 August 1850 – 30 December 1912) was a

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n jurist and statistician. Zoričić studied law in

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and

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. He was the first director of the Royal Statistical Bureau in Zagreb (), established in 1875, which was the precursor of the modern-day

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. He was also instrumental in starting the ''Croatian Statistical Yearbook'' (), a major publication of the Bureau. Zoričić was a full member of the

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since 1893.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoricic, Milovan 1850 births 1912 deaths Jurists from Austria-Hungary Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary Croatian statisticians Scientists from Zagreb Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery