Dimitrije Nešić

Dimitrije Nešić (20 October 1836 – 9 May 1904) was a Serbian mathematician, professor at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia and president of the Serbian Royal Academy.

Dimitrije Nešić
Born
Димитрије Нешић

(1836-10-20)20 October 1836
Belgrade, Serbia
Died9 May 1904(1904-05-09) (aged 67)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Occupationmathematician
Known forbeing a president of the Serbian Royal Academy

Biography

Nešić was born to Savka and Stojan Nešić in Belgrade, Principality of Serbia. Nešićs left their hometown Novi Pazar under Ottoman oppression on Serbian population in the area due to the First Serbian uprising.[1] His father Stojan was craftsman and trader while his mother was housekeeper. His grandfather was merchant in Novi Pazar who came to Belgrade in 1808 because of Ottoman anti-Serb actions during the First Serbian Uprising.[2]

Nešić authored most of the modern mathematics textbooks in Kingdom of Serbia and overall improved the quality of studies in the field. He was sent by the government to travel across Europe and study various metric systems, and he later implemented the information gathered on his travels thus making the first official and modern Serbian metric system.[3]

He was a rector of today's University of Belgrade on two terms and also president of the academy. Dimitrije Nešić was made corresponding member of JAZU and he received Order of St Sava and Order of the White Eagle.

Selected works
  • Metarske mere, 1874
  • Trigonometrija, 1875.
  • Nauka o kombinacijama, 1883.
  • Algebarska analiza I, 1883.
  • Algebarska analiza II, 1883

See also

References
  1. "Dimitrije Nešić, prvi pravi matematičar". Vesti online. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. Mihailo Mlinar (2000). "Metarski sistem mera u Srbiji Dimitrije Nešić je tvorac moderne nastave". Glas Javnosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. "History of the Institute". www.mi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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