Ivan Crkvenčić
Ivan Crkvenčić was a prominent Croatian food and regional geographer as well as geopolitician.
He graduated at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in Zagreb, where he obtained his doctorate in 1956 and lectured. In 2000 he receives a professor emeritus title. Crkvenčić lectured as well in the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, United States and Serbia. He was a dean of the Faculty of Science and founder and the only president of the Institute fot Geography in Zagreb.
He was a founder and long-standing editor of the scientific journal Geographical Papers and author of the geographical encyclopedia in six volumes Geografija SR Hrvatske. Other notable works include Afrika: regionalna geografija and Afričko sredozemlje. His works were published in journals Geographical Papers, Acta Croatica Geographica, Croatian Geographical Bulletin and others.
