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Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (died 1936)

Born
October 25, 1856
Died
December 22, 1936
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1856

About Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger (October 25, 1856, in Zagreb – December 24, 1936, Zagreb) was a Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archeologist. == Education == Dragutin finished his elementary education in Zagreb, Croatia, as well as two years of preparandija (Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb). He started studying paleontology in Zürich, Switzerland. Soon, he moved to München, where his lecturer was Karl Zittel, a world-renowned expert in the areas of anatomy and paleontology. He received a doctoral degree in 1879, (Tübingen, Germany), with work related to fossilized fishes. From 1880, he was curator at the Mineralogical Department of the Croatian National Museum (today the Croatian Natural History Museum) and, in collaboration with his superior, archaeologist Đuro Pilar, he started mapping Mount Medvednica, (medvjed = bear, in Croatian), a mountain just north of Zagreb. In 1890 he changed his family name to Gorjanović. == Lecturing == His lecturing career started in 1883 at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb, where he taught paleontology of vertebrates. In 1884 he was appointed assistant, later was associate, and finally full professor, in 1896. In 1893 he became head of the Geological-Paleontological Department of the Croatian National Museum.

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Career and life highlights

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger timeline

  1. In 1895 he used newly discovered X-rays to analyze inner bone structure.
  2. In 1899 on Hušnjak hill, near the Croatian town of Krapina, he discovered a very rich Neanderthal site, the Krapina Neanderthal site of an early man today known as Krapina Man (Croatian: Krapinski pračovjek).

The world when Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger was born

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger was born in 1856. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineRep. Brooks canes Sen. Sumner on Senate floor
  • Technology milestoneFirst synthetic dye (mauveine) discovered
  • World population~1.36B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
  • U.S. population27.1M

1856 versus 2026

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Measure18562026
Population27.1M341 million

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