Antun Radić
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| Member of the Croatian Parliament (Three terms) |
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In office 1910–1913 |
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| Born | 11 June 1868 Desno Trebarjevo, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Died | 19 February 1919 (aged 50) Zagreb, Kingdom of SHS (now Croatia) |
| Resting place | Mirogoj cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party | Croatian Peasant Party |
| Spouse(s) | Vilma Radić |
| Relatives | Stjepan Radić (brother) |
| Occupation | Scientist, writer, translator, journalist, sociologist, ethnographer, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Antun Radić (Desno Trebarjevo, 11 June 1868 – Zagreb, 10 February 1919) was a Croatian scientist, writer, translator, journalist, sociologist, ethnographer and politician. He is the founder of Croatian ethnography.
Antun Radić was born in Desno Trebarjevo, Martinska Ves near Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within Austria-Hungary as the eighth of eleven children in the family of poor peasants, Ana (née Posilović) and Imbra Radić. His younger brother, born as the ninth child, was Croatian politician Stjepan Radić.
After finishing elementary school in Martinska Ves, Radić went to Zagreb where he continued his education in the elite Upper Town Gymnasium, after which he enrolled in the study of Slavic Studies and Classical Philology at the Universities in Zagreb and Vienna. He received his PhD from the University of Zagreb in 1892 with the thesis "On some eschatological motifs in Croatian literature".
Since 1892, Radić worked as teacher in schools in Osijek, Požega, Varaždin and Zagreb. After 1897 parliamentary elections, at the request of Ban Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Radić was discharged from the service because he did not want to vote for the pro-Hungarian government candidate.
From 1897 to 1901, he worked as editor of the "Almanac of public life and customs of the South Slavs". From 1901 to 1909, he worked as secretary of the Matica hrvatska and was one of the founders and editors of "Voice of Matica hrvatska" magazine. Radić was also the founder of Dom magazine, published between 1899 and 1904. Subtitled "Paper for the Croatian peasant for talk and lesson", it was the first Croatian magazine for peasants, which greatly contributed to the cultural and national-political development of the Croatian villages. In 1917, Radić took a job as a professor at Zagreb Upper Town Gymnasium, where he taught until his death.
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