Tvrtko Kanaet

Geographer & academic. Born and raised in Banja Luka, Kanaet graduated from the University of Zagreb and his Ph.D. from the University of Ljubljana with a thesis title “Podveležje and Podvelešci”. He was a high school teacher in Trebinje, Osijek, Mostar and Sarajevo over a period of over 20 years. Post WW2, he was chief of the Ministry of Education and from 1947 professor and director of the Higher Pedagogical School in Sarajevo. When the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo was founded in 1950, he was elected professor of geography. He founded and headed the Department of Geography. He was the the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. He is one of the founders of the Geographical Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1947 ) and its president ( 1960 - 1964 ). He founded the Geographical Institute in Sarajevo (1962). He has published a number of scientific papers in the field of geography , including the first scientific studies on geographical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.