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Benedikt Kotruljević

Benedetto Cotrugli

Ragusa 1416 - Aquila 1469
Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist; alleged inventor of double entry bookkeeping
(Wikipedia)

Ante Despot
2007

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

hrvatsk ekonomist
dubrovčanin
benedikt kotruljević
trgovac, političar, diplomat
filozof i pisac
1400.-1468.

prvi u svijetu oposao sustav
dvojnog knjigovodstva u
knjizi 'o umjeću trgovanja'
1458. godine

Croatian economist
from Dubrovnik
Benedikt Kotruljević
merchant, politician, diplomat
philosopher and writer
1400 - 1468.

Described the world's first system
of double-entry bookkeeping in
his book 'About the art of trading'
1458

Signature

a. despot

Sculptor

Ante Despot (Šibenik 1919 - Zagreb 2007), Croatian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Zagrebački.info, Spominici.

Locatie (N 45°48'28" - E 15°59'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hr018; Photograph: 8 September 2016
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