Sava Tekelija ( sr, Сава Текелија) (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the
Tekelijanum, president of the
Matica srpska
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,
philanthropist,
noble
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, and
merchant.
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source in Serbian.
Life
Born in
Arad in the
Habsburg monarchy (today in
Romania
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) Tekelija studied at a Serb elementary school, went to a
Buda Gymnasium, and studied law in
Pest. He finished his studies in 1785, and became the first Serb
doctor of law
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(''doctor juris'') a year later.
See also
*
Serbs of Romania
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*
Serbs of Budapest
*
Serbs of Hungary
The Serbs in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi szerbek, sr, Срби у Мађарској / ) are recognized as an ethnic minority, numbering 7,210 people or 0.1% of the total population (2011 census). The number of Serbs in Hungary has drastically d ...
*
Sava Vukovic (merchant)
References
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1761 births
1842 deaths
People from Arad, Romania
Serbs of Romania
Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Serbian philanthropists
Matica srpska
18th-century Serbian lawyers
19th-century Serbian lawyers
Serbian merchants
Serbian educators