France Planina
France Planina (29 September 1901 – 14 January 1992) was a Slovene geographer and cartographer. Planina was born in Škofja Loka in 1901. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1925 and taught in secondary schools in Otočac, Kranj and Ljubljana.
France Planina
- Name
- France Planina
- Born
- 29 September 1901
- Birthplace
- Škofja Loka, Slovenia
- Died
- 14 January 1992
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Field
- geography
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- cartographer · writer · geographer · teacher · biologist
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Languages
- Slovene
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France Planina (29 September 1901 – 14 January 1992) was a Slovene geographer and cartographer. Planina was born in Škofja Loka in 1901. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1925 and taught in secondary schools in Otočac, Kranj and Ljubljana.
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France Planina (1901–1992) was a biologist, cartographer and geographer, among other activities and a national of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Slovenia. Born in Škofja Loka, the biologist died in Ljubljana. France Planina studied at University of Ljubljana. Languages used include Slovene.
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During the Second World War he was interned in the Gonars concentration camp. After the war he continued to teach and also worked at the Natural History Museum of Slovenia. He retired in 1962. He died in Ljubljana in 1992. In 2001 a bronze bust to Planina was unveiled in Škofja Loka. In 1967 he won the Levstik Award for his book Jugoslavija (Yugoslavia).
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• Name — France Planina • Born — 29 September 1901 • Birthplace — Škofja Loka, Slovenia • Died — 14 January 1992 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Field — geography
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France Planina is recorded as cartographer, writer, geographer, teacher and biologist.
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1901
France Planina born at Škofja Loka.
1992
France Planina died at Ljubljana.
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