Mihailo Gavrilović
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| Institutions | University of Belgrade |
Mihailo Gavrilović (
historian and diplomat.Early life
Mihailo Gavrilović was born at
Old Style).[1] He completed high school in Niš and graduated from the department of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade before embarking on an academic career.[1] From 1900 to 1910, he was the Director of the Serbian State Archives.[2]
Scholarly career
Gavrilović studied history at the Velika škola, the institution that was later to become the
, Gavrilović was appointed Director of the Archives of Serbia and contributed greatly to its organization as a modern archival institution.Gavrilović researched nineteenth-century Serbian history and wrote extensively on the main political figures of the time (i.e.
First World War
(1915–1916), now remembered as the epic ”Albanian Golgotha“.
Using Austrian and Russian sources as well, Gavrilović, renowned for his methodical analysis and wider perspective on general historical developments, was considered the leading Serbian expert for diplomatic history. Gavrilović was elected a member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1914.
Diplomatic career
Gavrilović was Serbian envoy to
Order of Saint Sava for his work.[4]
Selected works
- Étude sur le traité de Paris de 1259, entre Louis IX, roi de France, et Henri III, roi d’Angleterre, Librairie Émile Bouillon, Paris 1899.
- Spoljašnja politika Srbije u XIX veku, Belgrade, 1901.
- Srpski pokret i rusko-francuski odnosi 1804-1807, Belgrade, 1901.
- Ispisi iz pariskih arhiva (Građa za istoriju srpskog ustanka), Serbian Royal Academy, Belgrade, 1904.
- Miloš Obrenović, vol. I-III, [vol. I (1813–1820), vol. II (1821–1826), vol. 3 (1827–1835)], Nova štamparija Davidović, Izdanje Zadužbine I. M. Kolarca, Belgrade, 1908-1912 (reprinted by Slovo Ljubve, Belgrade 1978 and 1992), 579+758+661 pp.
- Iz nove srpske istorije, Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade 1926, 209 p. (Introduction by Slobodan Jovanović)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-31747-593-4.
- ^ a b c "List of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs Since the Forming of the First Government in 1811". mfa.gov.rs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.
- ISBN 978-0-84440-041-9.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 152.
Further reading
- Slobodan Jovanović, “Mihailo Gavrilović”, Srpski književni glasnik, N. S. vol. 13 (1924), pp. 425–427.
- Le Monde slave 4 (1925) 128–129 (In memoriam)
- Radovan Samardžić, Pisci srpske istorije, Prosveta, Beograd 1986.
- S. Merenik, “Bibliografija radova Mihaila Gavrilovića”, Istorijski časopis, vol 38 (1991), Beograd 1991.
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