Ferdinand Kovačević

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Ferdinand Kovačević (21 April 1838– 27 May 1913) was an inventor, engineer, and pioneer in telegraphy who originated from Gospić (actually near Smiljan){{cite encyclopedia |title=Kovačević, Ferdinand |encyclopedia=Croatian Encyclopedia |year=2008 |publisher=Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography |location=Zagreb |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/kovacevic-ferdinand |language=Croatian |access-date=7 March 2016}}{{cite book| author1 = Vesna Dakić| author2 = Miroslav Mirković| title = Ferdinand Kovačević: pionir hrvatske telegrafije| url = http://www.tehnicki-muzej.hr/hr/kalendar/ferdinand-kovacevic---pionir-hrvatske-telegrafije---------------------------------------------------,14.html?t=p| year = 1999| publisher = Technical Museum | location = Zagreb| language = Croatian| isbn = 978-953-6568-00-0 }} in modern-day Croatia. He invented the duplex connection of telegraphic transmission,[http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/et22a1.html#kova History of Croatian Science] patented in 1876 in Vienna and Budapest.[http://www.hic.hr/hrvatski/oHrvatskoj/ferdinand-kovacevic.htm znanost]

He died in Zagreb on 27 May 1913.{{Cite web|url=http://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=10398|title=Hrvatski biografski leksikon}}

His son was the painter, Ferdo Kovačević.