Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Life and education Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high school in Split. In 1960, he graduated in Slavic Studies with the dissertation .Petar Šimunović; (2013) Akademik Božidar Finka – djelo i djelovanje(in Croatian) p. 13; Hrvatski dijalektološki zbornik, No. 18 Finka spent most of his scientific career working at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, serving as its director from 1973–77. He was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1988.
Works Finka's most significant work was in the fields of Croatian and Slavic dialectology and toponymy. With Stjepan Babić and Milan Moguš, he co-authored ('Croatian Orthography', 1st ed. 1971).
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Finka, Božidar at enciklopedija.hr