Jože Koropec (born 17. 3. 1923 in Bukovec by Zgornja Polskava) graduated from secondary school in Maribor, graduated history and geography on the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana in 1948. 1963-1990 he was profesor on the Pedagogic Academy in Maribor. He reached his doctor's degree in 1970 with the theme Dominions in Drava valley till the end of 16th century. He has been researching the history of Slovenian Styria in the Middle Ages and until the 17th century, especialy class-conflicts in rural areas and the history of Maribor.