Background
Grošelj was born in Ljubljana, then a town of Carniola (Austria-Hungary).
Grošelj was born in Ljubljana, then a town of Carniola (Austria-Hungary).
He graduated in biology from the University of Vienna in 1906. The following year he also completed his doctorate there.
He showed a great interest in the natural sciences and a gift for poetry from an early age. From 1908, he was a teacher in Ljubljana at two boys" grammar schools and at the girls" lycéest In 1909, he was entrusted with the task of lecturing on mineralogy in technical courses.
In 1910 he was named honorary lector, and in 1923 honorary docent for general biology at the medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana.
He ran and headed the institute for biology until his death. He was elected to the position of extraordinary professor in 1931, but he did not accept the position.
He died in 1940 in Zagreb. Pavel Grošelj was depicted in ca.
1904 by the sculptor Svitoslav Peruzzi.
He depicted him with a primate skull in his arms. The portrait was done in the Vienna Secession style. The Prirodoslovno društvo Slovenije (Naturalists’ Society of Slovenia) has awarded the Grošelj plaque in his honour since 1984.