Milan Nedeljković
Milan G. Nedeljković (Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 9 September 1857 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 21 February 1950) was the first modern professor of astronomy and meteorology at the ''Grandes écoles'', and the founder and first director of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory in Belgrade. Biography He was born in ''Kraljice Natalije'', then ''Abadžijska Street'' in Belgrade, as the first of eight children (Milan, Đorđe, Nikola, Emilian, Vojislav, Ljubomir, Kosara and Spasenija) of the wealthy ''abadžija'' (tailor) Gligorije Nedeljković and mother Aleksandra. He finished the first men's high school as a student of the generation. At the ''Grandes écoles, Velika škola'', at the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, he graduated with great success and an award for his work in physics. At the college, he was immediately accepted as a trainee lecturer in physics and mathematics. However, at the suggestion of Josif Pančić, he received a scholarship to cont ...
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