MARETIĆ, Tomislav (Tomo). Virovitica, Eastern Croatia 13.12.1854 — Zagreb 15.1.1938. Croatian Classical and Slavic Linguist. Gymnasium in Varaždin, Požega and Zagreb. Studied Slavic and classics at Zagreb, Ph.D. 1884 (diss. on Croatian accent). Further studies 1886-87 at Leipzig and Prague. In 1886-1914 taught Slavic as eo. Professor (1890 ord.) at Zagreb, and in 1919-24 IE linguistics. In 1908-38 redactor-in-chef of the great Serbo-Croatian dictionary published by JAZU (Croatian Academy). In 1915-18 President of JAZU. A polyglot.

Publications: A Serbo-Croatian grammar (Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnoga jezika. 700 p. Zagreb 1899 and many edd.) and other works; a number of translation from Greek (Homer), Latin (Vergil), Polish, French, and Russian.

– Translated: Pesma o kralju Nalu. Ulomak iz staroindijskoga Mahabharata. 150 p. Srpska književna zadruga 181. Beograd 1924 (in Serbian).

Sources: *J. Mindak, Lex. gramm. 1996, 606; Vyncke, Annuaire 20, 1973, 534f.; Enciclopedija Leksikografskog Zavoda 4, Zagreb 1968 (with photo); Wikipedia with photo.