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1945 Boris Zarnik, Croatian biologist of Slovenian origin, died (Ljubljana, 11 March 1883 - Zagreb, 13 January 1945). He studied natural sciences in Jena and Würzburg, where in 1904 he obtained a doctorate in zoology. In the years 1904-15. worked at the T. Boveri Zoo in Würzburg and was an associate professor at the University of Würzburg. Professor at the University of Istanbul (1915-18), where he founded the Zoological Institute. Full professor of biology, histology and embryology at the School of Medicine in Zagreb (1918-42), where he founded and ran the Morphological and Biological Institute. He studied the comparative anatomy of the spear and the mechanics of development, in which he was a supporter of Darwinism. He also practiced anthropology discussing issues of eugenics and race. A popularizer of science. He was the president of the Croatian Natural History Society (1927-28).