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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Mateja Nenadović
- Preceded by
- Post established
- Succeeded by
- Ivan Jugović
- Born
- Dimitrije Obradović , 17 February 1739 ( 1739-02-17 ) , Tschakowa , Kingdom of Hungary , Habsburg monarchy , (now Ciacova , Romania )
- Died
- 7 April 1811 (1811-04-07) (aged 72), Belgrade , Revolutionary Serbia , (now Belgrade , Serbia )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Place of birth
- Ciacova
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- education minister
- Employer
- University of Belgrade
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Image
- Dositej Obradovic.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dositej Obradović
- date of birth
- 1742-02-17
- date of death
- 1811-04-07
- place of burial
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons gallery
- Dositej Obradović
- name in native language
- Доситеј Обрадовић
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Dositej Obradović, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Dositej Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Доситеј Обрадовић, Serbian pronunciation: [dɔsǐtɛːj ɔbrǎːdɔʋitɕ]; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, philosopher, pedagogue, translator, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Life
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