Jure Radić (priest), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jure Radić (priest)

Croatian scientist and theologian

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1920

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1990

Profession: priest, botanist, malacologist

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jure Radic (November 28, 1920 – July 25, 1990) was Croatian priest and scientist.He was born in Baška Voda.
He taught as a professor of liturgy at the Faculty of Theology in Makarska.
He explored the flora of Biokovo and Makarska littoral, and benthic fauna of Makarska underwater.
In 1963 he founded the Malacological museum in Makarska, and in 1979 the Institute "Mountains and Sea".
He also founded conference proceedings series Acta Biocovica (1981).
He co-founded and edited the first Croatian journal in liturgical-pastoral theology Služba božja in 1960. He died in Split.