The Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia was the first

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school in

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in which education was taught in Serbian.

History

The Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia ( sr, Лицеј Кнежевине Србије) was founded in 1838 on the initiative of Prince

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, then the capital of Serbia. When

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became the Serbian capital city in 1841, the Serbian Lyceum was also transferred. In 1863 it was transformed into a

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with three faculties. In 1905 the Great School was reformed as the

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with four faculties: Philosophy, Law, Technical and Medical. Initially, the Lyceum had only philosophy and law departments. In 1845 the Lyceum received the first instruments from future physics professor and rector of the Lycée Vuk Marinković. A natural science and engineering department was added to the philosophy and law department, in 1853 and included a Chemistry department which is considered as nucleus of the Faculty of Chemistry at

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. The laboratory of the chemistry department was in the basement of the

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Students

There were 21 students in the first generation and 17 of them finished the studies. In the first period, there were only between 20 and 30 students in each generation. After graduation, some of them received the government's

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to continue their education abroad. The Lycée was intended to provide the kind of pragmatic education needed for civil servants in the growing administration: in 1815 there were just 24 government officials, but this number grew to 672 by 1839. The first student organization in Serbia, Association of Serbian Youth, was established in this lyceum in 1847, but it was soon banned because of their criticism of the

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Professors

The first six professors of the Lyceum were Jovan Sterija Popović, Đura Daničić, Josif Pančić, Matija Ban, Dimitrije Nešić and

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Jovan Sterija Popović Jovan Sterija Popović (; sr-cyr, Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. Sterija was recognized by ...

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Đura Daničić Đura ( sr-Cyrl, Ђура; also transliterated Djura) is a Serbian male given name derived from ''Đurađ'' (a Serbian variant of ''George''). It may refer to: * Đura Dokić (1873–1946), a Serbian general, notable for being an Axis collabora ...

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Josif Pančić Josif Pančić ( sr-cyr, Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Royal ...

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Matija Ban Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. Ban was born in near ...

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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. Biography Nešić was born to Savka and Stojan Nešić in Belgr ...

References

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