Sava Petrović (botanist)
Сава Петровић | |
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Born | January 14, 1839 |
Died | January 20, 1889 | (aged 50)
Citizenship | Serbian |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | discovery of several species unknown to science, co-founder of Serbian Medical Society |
Scientific career | |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Petrovič |
Sava Petrović (1839–1889) was a
Biography
Petrović was born in
Upon his return home in 1867, he went on to become a district physician in Kruševac. Under the aegis of Dr. Josif Pančić, Petrović started to collect and systematize the wild herbs from the vicinity of Kruševac. In the winter of 1867, he was transferred to Belgrade to a military hospital where he soon reached the rank of colonel, the highest post that a Serbian military physician could aspire to achieve at the time.
On 27 May 1872, Petrović and fifteen other prominent Belgrade physicians established the Serbian Medical Society.
In 1873
In the first work, Dr. Petrović cited more than 100 families, 502
In the “Supplement", Dr. Petrović cited 160 plants as new for the flora of the vicinity of Niš, though many of them were also new for science. In addition, he made corrections to some of the evident errors in the first book.
Sava Petrović was the first scientist in Serbia to collect and study
He was instrumental in establishing the present-day Botanical Garden Jevremovacin Belgrade while supporting other botanical gardens with saplings grown in Belgrade.
On 27 May 1872, Petrović and 15 other prominent Belgrade physicians established the Serbian Medical Society.
He died on 20 January 1889, and was buried at Belgrade New Cemetery.
Legacy
Petrović’s legacy in botanical work is enormous.
In 1996, professors and students from University of Niš Faculty of Science and Mathematics at Department for Biology and Ecology founded Biological Society “Dr Sava Petrović” [15] in honor of Sava Petrović.
See also
References
- ISBN 9780520024052– via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 9789401152747– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780917304781– via Google Books.
- ^ "Annals of Botany ..." Academic Press. April 18, 1890 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9788670252714– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781646050154.
- ISBN 9788670252714– via Google Books.
- ^ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30695922.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Garden, New York Botanical (April 18, 1924). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Excerpta botanica: Taxonomica et chorologica. Sectio A". G. Fischer. April 18, 1968 – via Google Books.
- ^ http://botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs/arhiva/pdf/2014_38_1_601_full.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ISBN 9781493914920– via Google Books.
- ^ "History". sfses.com.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Petrovič.
- ^ "Biological Society "Dr Sava Petrović"".