Background
Broz was born in Klanjec where he attended primary school, then moved to primary school in Varaždin, and gymnasium in Karlovac, Požega, and Zagreb, where he graduated.
Broz was born in Klanjec where he attended primary school, then moved to primary school in Varaždin, and gymnasium in Karlovac, Požega, and Zagreb, where he graduated.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1888, attended Vatroslav Jagić"s lectures on Slavic studies in Vienna, and set off on a fieldwork journey across Bosnia and Herzegovina and southern Croatia, where he eventually grew ill, which was the cause of his death.
In Innsbruck, he started studying theology, but eventually abandoned it in order to study Croatian language, history, and geography at the newly established Croatian university in Zagreb. He served as a substitute teacher in Zagreb, and as a regular teacher in the upper secondary schools in Osijek, Požega, and Zagreb. Ivan Broz died in Zagreb.