Josif Pančić
Josif Pančić | |
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Јосиф Панчић | |
Serbian Spruce | |
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Author abbrev. (botany) | Pančić |
Josif Pančić (
Life
Early life and studies
Josip Pančić was born in Ugrini, near Crikvenica, on the Military Frontier, a territory in the Habsburg monarchy. At the time of his birth, the region was part of the French Empire. Pančić was the fourth son of Pavel Pančić and his wife Margarita. His paternal grandfather, who came from the area around Niš, had served in a volunteer battalion of the Austrian Imperial Army during the Austro-Turkish War.[4][dubious ] According to tradition, the Pančić family hailed from Herzegovina and settled in Ugrini in olden times.[5]
After finishing elementary school in Gospić, he went on to the lyceum in Rijeka, and then continued classes in the Regia Academica Scientiarum in Zagreb (1830). He graduated in 1842 in Budapest in medicine. In addition to other courses, Pančić attended botany courses, taught by the then renowned botany professor, Joseph Sadler (Sadler József).[6] Later, recalling those early lectures, he wrote:[3]
And since the first course in botany I started to love botany and decided to become a botanist, so I started to botanize excitedly and to collect plants around Pest and Buda,...
Work
While studying about botany at the
In 1853, he moved from Kragujevac to Belgrade when he was first appointed adjunct professor at Belgrade Lyceum's Department of Natural History and Agronomy by decree of Prince Alexander Karadjordjević, before becoming a full-time professor of Natural History and Agriculture in 1854, as decreed by the Ministry of Education of the Principality of Serbia.[9]
As Professor of Natural Sciences, he as one of the six original professors (along with
He later became rector of the Great School (the future University of Belgrade) and the founder of the Institutes of
Pančić extensively documented the
His most significant discovery was the
He is said to have "fallen in love" with
Legacy
A mausoleum of Josif Pančić was erected at the highest peak of Kopaonik in 1951 by the Academy of Science, the University of Belgrade and the Hiking club,[16] with the inscription:
Honoring Pančić's request, we moved him here to rest forever. Here is his message to the Serbian youth: "Only with a thorough understanding and analysis of the nature of our country will they show how much they love and honor their homeland".
A research society has been named after him, Josif Pančić Biological Research Society (Biološko istraživačko društvo "Josif Pančić"). He was depicted on the 10 Dinars note printed in 1994. He is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs. In 1951, the highest point in the Kopaonik mountain range was changed from Milan Peak to Pančić's Peak.[17]
On April 17, 2010, Google celebrated his birthday with a Google Doodle.[18]
Awards
Selected works
- Die Flora der Serpentinberge in Mittel-Serbien (1859)
- Pisces Serbiae (1860)
- Zur Moosflora des nordöstlichen Banates (1861)
- Arena mobilis in Serbia eiusque flora (1863)
- Flora agri Belgradensis methodo analytica digesta – "Flora u okolini Beogradskoj po analitičnom metodu" (1865)
- Šumsko drveće i šiblje u Srbiji (1871)
- Flora Principatus Serbiae – "Flora knez̆evine Srbije ili vaskularne biljke, koje y Srbije divlie rastu" (1874)
- Eine neue conifere in den östlichen Alpen (1876)
- Flora u okolini Beogradskoj po analitičnoj sistemi (1878)
- Elementa ad floram principatus, Bulgariae (1883)
- Nova graca za flora knez︠h︡evine Bugarske (1886)
- Collected works in 11 volumes[19]
Gallery
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Pančić on a Serbian stamp, 2014
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The mausoleum of Josif Pančić on Pančić's Peak
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Information board about Pančić and his spruce tree at the site where it was discovered on the Tara mountain
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The Serbian Spruce discovered by Pančić
Notes
- His name is mostly written as Serbian Josif Pančić (Јосиф Панчић).
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-64605-015-4.
- ^ Lubarda, Biljana (2014). "Plant species and subspecies discovered by Dr. Josif Pančić 1 – distribution and floristic importance". Botanica Serbica. 38 (2).
- ^ ISSN 2240-4538. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Pobedio". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). 2020-07-25.
- ^ Josif Pančić, Budislav Tatič, Božidar P. M. Ćurčić (1998). Sabrana dela Josifa Pančića: Život i delo Josifa Pančića. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. p. 13.
Проф. др Љубиша М. Глишић ЖИВОТ И РАД ВЕЛИКОГ НАУЧНИКА И РОДОЉУБА др ЈОСИФА ПАНЧИЋА Према предању, Панчићи су пореклом из Херцеговине и од давнина су се доселили у село Угрине, које се налази на ...
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- ^ "Josif Pančić". srednjeskole.edukacija.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Живот и прикљученија Јосифа Панчића - Politikin Zabavnik". politikin-zabavnik.rs (in Serbian). 2014-10-09. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09.
- ^ ISBN 978-94-017-8660-7.
- ISBN 978-0-08-053609-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-94-011-5274-7.
- ^ Ballian, Dalibor (2018). "NEW FINDINGS OF SERBIAN SPRUCE (Picea omorika (Panč.) Purk.) IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA".
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(help) - ^ "Josif Pancic i Kopaonik". staro.skijanje.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "KAKO JE PODIGNUT JEVREMOVAC – Nauka kroz priče". 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Serb National Council :: Josif Pančić". Srpsko Narodno Vijeće. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ "Mauzolej Josifa Pančića propada". www.novosti.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Josif Pancic i Kopaonik". 2011-01-03. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Josif Pancic's Birthday". Google. 17 April 2010.
- ^ "SABRANA DELA JOSIFA PANČIĆA". www.knjizara.zavod.co.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Pančić.
Sources
- Nikola Diklić. "Josif Pančić" (PDF). Lives and Work of the Serbian Scientists. 1: 3–61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
External links
- "Josif Pančić" Јосиф Панчић (in Serbian). Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- Vladimir Stevanovic; Radomir Konjevic; Slobodan Jovanovic; Dmitar Lakušic; Snežana Vukojičic; Marjan Niketic (1999). "Life road of Josif Pancic". Retrieved 2007-07-12.