Mihailo Ilić ( sr-Cyrl, Михаило Илић; 26 November 1845 – 5 September 1876) was a Serbian officer, military writer, scientist and translator.
He spoke German, Russian and French and was a member of the
Serbian Learned Society
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...
. His works served as textbooks for military schools.
He died in the battle of Jankov vrh (1,492 m above sea level), on
Mount Javor, near
Ivanjica, in the
First Serbian–Turkish War.
A monument to Major Ilić was erected at the
Memorial Cemetery
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of ...
on Mount Javor on 24 June 1907.
References
External links
SANU bio
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1845 births
1876 deaths
People from Jagodina
Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878)
People from the Principality of Serbia
Members of the Serbian Learned Society
Serbian military personnel killed in action
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery