Rijeka Philological School (Croatian: Riječka filološka škola) was a 19th-century philological school that operated in Rijeka, offering a set of solutions for the issues involved in the standardization of Croatian literary language.
Among such features where: Kurelac's enthusiasm for archaic forms provided a basis for his purist views.
Because most of his followers were gymnasium students with no trained future philologist among them, Rijeka Philological School soon ceased being a relevant competitor to Zagreb Philological School.
[1] One of the most active followers was Ivan Dežman [hr] (1841–1837), who published Rěčnik lěčničkoga nazivlja (Zagreb, 1868).
[2][3] In addition, there were a few who received the attempted reforms of Kurelac positively without implementing many of his suggestions themselves, such as Marijan Derenčin [hr] (1836–1908), Lavoslav Vukelić (1840–1879), Tadija Smičiklas (1843–1914), Franjo Marković (1845–1914), Fran Jelačić, and to an extent Vinko Pacel (1825–1869) and Franjo Rački (1828–1894).