Jovan Erdeljanović (11 November 1874 – 12 February 1944) was a Serbian and Yugoslav

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Biography

Jovan Erdeljanović was born in Pančevo,

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. He studied at the universities of

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and

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. In 1905 he obtained his doctorate as

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. In 1906, Erdeljanović began working at the

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, elected Professor at Department of Ethnology of the philosophical Faculty since 1922. He remained at the University until 1941 and was member of

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. The first recognized work of

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interest in ethnicity was done by Erdeljanović, named as one of the founding fathers of Serbian ethnology. His works are influenced by ideas of

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and

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and he represented the theory that

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are people of one blood and one origin.

Selected works

*''Etnološka građa i rasprave'', Srpska kraljevska akademija, Belgrade 1911. * ''Tragovi najstarijeg slovenskog sloja u Banatu'', Niederlův sbornik, Prague 1925. * * ''O poreklu Bunjevaca'', Srpska kraljevska akademija, Belgrade 1930. *''Forschungen über Alter, Organisation und Überlieferungen serbischer Stämme in Montenegro, Herzegovina und in den Nachbargebieten Jugoslawiens'', Brill,

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1936. * ''Koju ćemo kulturu: samo srpsku ili jugoslovensku?'', Zora, Belgrade 1938.J. Erdeljanović i
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Biography

Selected works

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