Rudolf Horvat

Rudolf Horvat
Born	(1873-03-14)14 March 1873 Koprivnica, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
Died	25 May 1947(1947-05-25) (aged 74) Zagreb, People's Republic of Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Alma mater	University of Zagreb
Occupation	Historian
Political party	Croatian Peasant Party

Rudolf Horvat (14 March 1873 in Koprivnica – 25 May 1947 in Zagreb) was a Croatian historian. Horvat graduated from history and geography in 1896, as well as law in 1918 from the University of Zagreb. He worked as a history teacher in Osijek, Zemun, Petrinja and Zagreb secondary schools before and during the World War I. During the war, Horvat was accused of being sympathetic to the Kingdom of Serbia and briefly detained in Hungary in response. After establishment of the new South Slavic state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia), Horvat was forced to retire from teaching due to his criticism of the coat of arms of the new kingdom. In early 1920s, Horvat is an associate of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) leader Stjepan Radić, elected to the national parliament on the HSS party list of candidates in 1920 and 1923. He resigned his post after the HSS joined the Krestintern. In 1926, Horvat resumed teaching history in Zagreb for another four years, until he came into conflict with Yugoslav authorities. He published daily articles in the Jutarnji list paper in 1932–1940 and established the Hrvatski rodoljub (lit. Croatian Patriot) historical society in Zagreb in 1937. Horvat published Hrvatska prošlost (lit. Croatian Past) journal in 1940–1943. During the existence of the Axis puppet state of Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945), Horvat resumed his teaching career, including at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb. After defeat of the Axis powers, Horvat was indicted for his positions expressed in his article Ljetopis Hrvatske 1918. do 1942. (lit. Annals of Croatia 1918–1942), convicted and sentenced to ten years of loss of political and civil rights.