named chief sponsor, and Rački its President. In 1894, when Rački died, Strossmayer wrote: "I lost my dearest friend... I lost a part of myself... the good half of everything I have created was his thought, his credit and his glory". Their friendship was well documented in a series of four books containing their letters, compiled by historian Ferdo Šišić. Legacy Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović dedicated a booklet entitled Religion and Nationality in Serbia to Strossmayer: “to the memory of the great Croatian patriot Bishop Strossmayer on the centenary of his birth (1815–1915)". In 1881, Schulzer (a Hungarian-Croatian army officer and mycologist) published a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae as Strossmayeria which was named in Strossmayer's honour. References Further reading Speech attributed to Strossmayer. Its authenticity is disputed. External links 1815 births 1905 deaths People from Osijek Higher Scientific Institute for Diocesan Priests at St. Augustine's alumni 19th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Austria-Hungary People of the Illyrian movement Croatian politicians People from Đakovo Diplomats of the Holy See Croatian people of Austrian descent Croatian people of German descent Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Yugoslavism