Ivan Tkalčić

Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić (4 May 1840 – 11 May 1905; "Ivan Krstitelj" is the Croatian name for John the Baptist) was a noted Croatian historian and a Catholic priest and prebendary.

Tkalčić was born on 4 May 1840 in Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, to father Janko from Samobor and mother Bara née Martinjakova. He was ordained a priest on 7 September 1862, becoming a curate in Sisak. On 10 October 1867, when he became the prebendary of the Zagreb Cathedral, a post he held until his death on 11 May 1905. His first publication was an article in Narodne novine in 1859. This was followed by many works pertaining history,^[1] especially the history of Zagreb and the Croatian church.^[2] Tkalčić became a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (then Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts) in 1875, and a full member in 1882.^[3] From then onwards he held the position of the academy's librarian until 1892 and archivist in 1896.^[4]

Incomplete list of works

• Hrvatska povjestnica, printed by Dragutin Albrecht, Zagreb, 1861 (2nd edition in 1862; reprint by Fortuna, Strmec Samoborski, 2011)
• Na uspomenu tisuću-godišnjice sv. Cyrilla i Methoda slovjenskih apostolah [In the memory of the thousandth anniversary of St. Cyril and Method, Slavic apostles], printed and financed by Dragutin Albrecht, Zagreb, 1863
• Severila, ili Slika iz progonstva kršćanah u Sisku: historična pripoviest iz četvrtoga stoljeća [Severila, or a Picture of the persecution of Christians in Sisak: a historical novella from the 4th century], printed and financed by Albrecht, Zagreb, 1866
• Sumporne toplice kod Varaždina u Hrvatskoj [Sulphur spa at Varaždin in Croatia, referring to Varaždinske Toplice], Albrecht, Zagreb, 1869
• Poviest Hrvatah [The History of Croats], financed by Albrecht's and Fiedler's bookstore, Zagreb, 1870
• Povjestni spomenici zagrebačke biskupije = Monumenta historica episcopatus Zagrabiensis [Historical monuments of the Zagreb bishopric], printed by Karl Albrecht, 2 volumes, Zagreb, 1873–74
• Prvostolna crkva zagrebačka [The cathedral of Zagreb], Dionička tiskara, Zagreb, 1880
• Ivan arcidjakon Gorički: domaći pisac u IV. vieku [John, the Archdeacon of Gorica: a local writer in the 4th century], Dionička tiskara, Zagreb, 1886
• Povjestni spomenici slobodnog kraljevskog grada Zagreba priestolnice Kraljevine dalmatinsko-hrvatsko-slavonske [Historical monuments of the free royal city of Zagreb, the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia], 11 volumes, 1889–1905
• Slob. kralj. glavni grad Zagreb do svršetka XIV. vieka [Free royal city of Zagreb before the end of the 14th century], printed by Karl Albrecht, Zagreb, 1889
• Parnice proti vješticam u Hrvatskoj [Witch trials in Croatia], Zagreb, 1891
• Izprave o progonu vješticah u Hrvatskoj [Documents about witch-hunts in Croatia], Dionička tiskara, Zagreb, 1892
• Slob. kralj. glavni grad Zagreb u XV. vieku [Free royal city of Zagreb in the 15th century], printed by Karl Albrecht, Zagreb, 1895
• Slavensko bogoslužje u Hrvatskoj, Dionička tiskara, Zagreb, 1904

References

Sources

• Barlé, Janko (November 1905). "Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić - In memoriam" (PDF). Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu (in Croatian). Zagreb: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. 8 (1): 165–171. ISSN 0350-7165. Retrieved 25 July 2017. 
• Vukelić, Vlatka (December 2013). "Pionirska uloga Ivana Krstitelja Tkalčića u razvoju sisačke arheologije u drugoj polovici 19. stoljeća" [Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić - Pioneer of archeology research in Sisak in the second half of the nineteenth century]. Croatica Christiana periodica (in Croatian). Zagreb: Tisak. 37 (72): 129–152. ISSN 0350-7823. Retrieved 25 July 2017. 

External links

• Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić in the Croatian Encyclopedia
• Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić at Proleksis Encyclopedia