Božidar Finka
Božidar Finka (19 December 1925, Sali, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.
Finka's most significant work was in the fields of Croatian and Slavic dialectology and toponymy. With Stjepan Babić and Milan Moguš, he co-authored Hrvatski pravopis ("Croatian Orthography", 1st ed. 1971).
Finka spent most of his scientific career working at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, serving as its director from 1973-77. He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1988.[1]
Sources
- ^ "Božidar Finka, F.C.A." info.hazu.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- "Božidar Finka (1925–2000)" (PDF). Rasprave (in Croatian). 26 (1). Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics: 395–403. July 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- Finka, Božidar at enciklopedija.hr Template:Hr icon
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