KREŠIMIR FILIĆ – PROFESOR U VARAŽDINSKOJ GIMNAZIJI
KREŠIMIR FILIĆ – A LECTURER AT VARAŽDIN GYMNASIUM

Summary/Abstract: Professor Krešimir Filić is doubtlessly one of the most prominent and versatile public and cultural figures in Varaždin in the 20th century. Despite his many fields of expertise, he was primarily a teacher at Gimnazija – Varaždin, where he worked from 1917 to 1942. Due to the fact that the mentioned period witnessed some important social and political changes, their reflections were quite prominent in the education sector, especially in the teaching of the so-called national subjects group, which was taught by Filić. Along with his educational activity, as well as his engagement with the historical and geographic scientific collection, Filić also took part in the preparation of cultural and artistic programs and the organization of professional and educational lectures for students. He organized and was in charge of numerous school excursions and field trips. Furthermore, he enticed and helped student associations’ activities and was fostering the high-school „Home and School Association“. As an active researcher of the history of Gimnazija – Varaždin, one of his most memorable and noteworthy scientific and organizational endeavours was the organization of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Gimnazija – Varaždin.

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