Ivan Lovrić

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Ivan Lovrić (also Giovanni Lovrich; born ca.1756–77) was a Croatian writer, ethnographer, and medical student, best known for his work Observations on 'Travels in Dalmatia' of Abbot Alberto Fortis.^[1]^[2]

Born in Sinj to a relatively wealthy merchant family, Lovric studied linguistics in Venice and then medicine in Padua. His early death in 1777 was preceded by numerous works, most notably Observations on 'Travels in Dalmatia' of Abate Alberto Fortis (1776),^[3] including a history of the life of Stanislav Sočivica, and An Apologetic Letter by Ivan Lovrić to the distinguished Mr. Antonio Lorgna (1777).^[1]

He died in in 1777.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Trencsenyi, Balasz (2006). Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770–1945). First volume. Budapest, Hungary: CEU Press. pp. 57–62. ISBN 978-963-7326-52-3.
↑ Wolff, Larry (2001). Venice and the Slavs: The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford, California, USA: Standford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3945-5.
↑ Osservazioni di Giovanni Lovrich sopra diversi pezze del Viaggio in Dalmazia... (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Lovric, Ivan
Alternative names	Lovrich, Giovanni
Short description	Croatian writer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Sinj
Date of death	1777
Place of death	Sinj

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