Education
Grga Novak studied history, archaeology, and geography in Zagreb, Prague and Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1913.
Grga Novak studied history, archaeology, and geography in Zagreb, Prague and Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1913.
Born on the island of Hvar, he was Professor of Ancient History in the University of Zagreb, where he was also Rector in 1946-1947. He is best known for pioneering archaeology in Croatia, and his publications on the history of Dalmatia, Split, Dubrovnik, Hvar and the Adriatic Islands. From 1920, he taught in the Philosophy Faculty in Skoplje (then part of Belgrade University), then moved to the University of Zagreb, where he taught ancient history from 1924-1959.
Doctor Novak was a fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb (then known as the Jugoslavian Academy of Sciences and Arts) from 1939, serving as its President from 1958-1978.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.