How to Pronounce Đuro Deželić
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Mar 25, 1838 Died on 28 Oct 1907 (aged 69)
Croatian writer and politician
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About Uro Deeli
- Ðuro Deželic (25 March 1838 Ivanic-Grad – 28 October 1907 Zagreb) was a Croatian writer.
- After finishing law school at the University of Zagreb, he soon became involved with the city's municipal government.
- From 1871 until his death he served as a member of the Zagreb city council and deputy mayor of Zagreb.
- In 1868 he established the Croatian firefighting service.
- Politically, he considered himself a Unionist until 1873, but in later years he shifted closer to the Party of Rights.
- He was also editor of Narodne novine and Danica newspapers, and was the first editor of magazines Domobran (1866) and Vienac (1869).
- He also wrote historical and philosophical essays, political articles, poetry, short stories, novels, travel literature and biographies of notable Croats.
- His contemporaries were especially fond of his popular history articles dealing with Croatian history.
