The author deals with the integral biography of Mirko Danijel Bogdanić (Virovitica, 1760 - Budim, 1802), one of the most notable Croatian natural scientists during the second half of the XVIII century in the Habsburg Monarchy. A brief overview of previous research on Bogdanić and the historical context in the period during which he lived and worked is provided. His family origin on his father's side is especially analyzed, important for his progress, as well as the significance of his hometown Virovitica, especially in the middle of the XVIII century. The biography interprets and analyzes Bogdanić's youth, education, professional and professorial career, the initiative to start the first pre-revival newspaper in the Croatian language, astronomical-cartographic expeditions, social-psychological profile and death. In the second chapter, Bogdanić's published and unpublished works are interpreted and analyzed with the greatest emphasis on the Latin mathematical treatise and the synthesis of the world history of the ancient East in the Croatian language. Finally, there is a chapter on the reception of Bogdanić after his death until today, based on the analysis of Croatian and foreign periodical publications, lexicons and encyclopedias. The paper shows that in Croatian historiography there is a visible lack of biography as a historiographical form whose basic purpose is to create a clearer context for the development of the history of exact sciences in Croats and the scientific thought of Croatian intellectuals within the framework of the Habsburg Monarchy during the modern age. Based on previous knowledge and newly acquired knowledge, it is proved and explained that Mirko Danijel Bogdanić is one of the most important Croatian natural scientists of the XVIII century of non-priestly and non-noble origin.