PARIS HOTEL TO BEAR RUDJER BOSKOVIC PLAQUE

SPLIT, Oct 1 (Hina) - The name of the famous Croatian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and diplomat, Rudjer Boskovic, (1711 - 1787) will stand on a plaque which will be put on the Paris hotel 'Mirabeau' building, in memory of Boskovic's two- year stay in France, where he came at the invitation of the French King Louis XV. The lines on the plaque also mention Boskovic's Croatian origins and Dubrovnik, his birthplace. This is the first time a plaque bearing the name of a great Croat in a text written in both Croatian and French is put at a building in Paris. The putting of the plaque was organised by the Association of Former Croatian Alumni (AMCA), who live in France and whose representatives on Wednesday visited Split and informed the president of the French-Croat Society in Split about the event. (hina) rm 011632 MET oct 97