Božidar Finka
{{Short description|Croatian linguist (1925–1999)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Božidar Finka
|image = Božidar_Finka.jpg
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Sali, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|5|17|1925|12|19|df=y}}
|death_place = Zagreb, Croatia
|occupation = Linguist
|fields = Slavic studies
|thesis_title = Dugootočki Čakavski govori
|thesis_url = https://hrcak.srce.hr/204480
|thesis_year = 1960
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Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Life and education
Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high school in Split. In 1960, he graduated in Slavic Studies with the dissertation {{lang|hr|Dugootočki Čakavski govori}}.Petar Šimunović; (2013) Akademik Božidar Finka – djelo i djelovanje(in Croatian) p. 13; Hrvatski dijalektološki zbornik, No. 18 [https://hrcak.srce.hr/144206] 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.{{cite web | url=http://info.hazu.hr/en/member_of_academy/personal_pages/bozidar_finka_en | title=Božidar Finka, F.C.A. | work=info.hazu.hr | publisher=Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | language=Croatian | accessdate=4 April 2015}}
Works
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 {{lang|hr|Hrvatski pravopis}} ('Croatian Orthography', 1st ed. 1971).
References
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Sources
- {{cite journal | url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=103095&lang=en | journal=Rasprave | publisher=Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics | volume=26 | issue=1 | date=July 2001 | title=Božidar Finka (1925–2000) | pages=395–403 | language=Croatian | format=PDF | accessdate=18 July 2018}}
- [https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/finka-bozidar Finka, Božidar] at enciklopedija.hr {{in lang|hr}}
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Category:People from Sali, Croatia
Category:Linguists from Croatia
Category:Croatian lexicographers
Category:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni
Category:Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Category:20th-century Croatian linguists
Category:20th-century lexicographers
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