Ljubomir Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Стојановић, sometimes mentioned as ''Ljuba Stojanovic'') (6 August 1860,

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– 16 June 1930) was a Serbian politician,

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and academic.

Biography

Stojanović was a philologist and historian, who graduated from the School of Philosophy at the Grandes écoles ( sr, Велика школа, the ''

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''). After studies in Belgrade he went on to post-graduate studies in

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. At first a grammar school professor, he was appointed university professor at his ''alma mater'', the Grandes éecoles (1891-1899). Opposed to the royal absolutism of King Aleksandar I Obrenović, Stojanović joined the

People's Radical Party The People's Radical Party ( sr, Народна радикална странка, Narodna radikalna stranka, abbr. НРС or NRS) was the dominant ruling party of Kingdom of Serbia and later Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from the l ...

Nikola Pašić Nikola Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Пашић, ; 18 December 1845 – 10 December 1926) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat who was a leading political figure for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the People's Radical ...

in 1897. After the split with the older generation of Radicals who accepted the compromise with the Crown in 1901, Stojanović led the younger group of Radicals, a semi-independent faction since 1901 which eventually became independent in 1905.As a founding member and a leader of the Independent Radical Party in Serbia, Stojanović was several times Minister of Education and Religious Affairs (1903, 1904, 1906, 1909), and Prime Minister from 29 May 1905 to 14 March 1906, during the 'Golden Age of Serbia' (1903-1914) , under the democratic and constitutional rule of King Peter I Karađorđević. After the First World War Stojanović was one of the founders of the Yugoslav Republican Party and its first president. Stojanović was often described as a puritan moralist in politics. Secretary of the Serbian Royal Academy, future

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 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 ...

from 1913 to 1923, Stojanović was very prolific in various scientific fields: he published a dozen volumes of medieval Serbian manuscripts and documents: ''Miroslavljevo Jevandjelje'' ( Miroslav Gospel), ''Stari srpski zapisi i natpisi'' (Old Serbian inscriptions and records) (6 vol.), medieval Serbian charters and letters as well as medieval Serbian genealogies and annals. Stojanović published the catalogues of medieval Serbian manuscripts and old books in the

National Library of Serbia The National Library of Serbia ( sr, Народна библиотека Србије, Narodna biblioteka Srbije) is the national library of Serbia, located in the capital city of Belgrade. It is the biggest library, and oldest institution in Ser ...

in Belgrade as well as the catalogue of manuscript collection at the Serbian Royal Academy. A scholar of enormous erudition, energy and determination, Stojanović published 17 volumes of works of Vuk St. Karadžić, the main reformer of the Serbian alphabet, including several volumes of his extensive correspondence. Stojanović wrote grammar textbooks for Serbian secondary schools, published important scholarly studies of old Serbian

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MA, Serbian churches from 15th to 16th century, the Archbishop Danilo II ( sr, Архиепископ Данило II). His most important scholarly work is an extensive and detailed biography of Vuk St. Karadžić, based on mostly unused sources.

Selected works

*''Lekcije iz srpskoga jezika za I razred gimnazije'', sastavio Ljub. Stojanović, Belgrade, u Državnoj štampariji kraljevine Srbije, 1891. *''Katalog rukopisa i starih štampanih knjiga, zbirka Srpske Kraljevske Akademije'', sast. Ljub. Stojanović, Srpska kraljevska akademija, Belgrade, Državna štamparija, 1901. *''Miroslavljevo jevanđelje ( Évangéliaire ancien serbe du prince Miroslav)'', Preface (in Serbian and French) and notes (pp. 203–229) by Ljubomir Stojanović. - "Édition de sa majesté Alexandre I roi de Serbie" p. v Fotografska reprodukcija i štampa c. i k. dvorskog umetničkog zavoda Angerera i Gešla, Vienna, 1897. *''Katalog Narodne biblioteke u Beogradu, Rukopisi i stare štampane knjige'', edited by Ljomir Stojanović, Belgrade, Državna štamparija 1903. *''Republikanski pogledi na nekoliko savremenih pitanja'', Ljub. Stojanović, Belgrade, Geca Kon Publishing House, 1920. *''Stari srpski rodoslovi i letopisi'', par Ljubomir Stojanović, Sremski Karlovci, Srpska kraljevska akademija, 1927. *''Stari srpski zapisi i natpisi'', vol. I- VI, edited and composed byLjubomir Stojanović, Srpska kraljevska akademija, Sremski Karlovci, Srpska manastirska štamparijia, 1926. *''Stare srpske povelje i pisma. Knjiga I, Dubrovnik i susedi njegovi''. Drugi deo, edited and composed by Ljubomir Stojanović, Belgrade - Sremski Karlovci, Srpska manastirska štamparijia, 1934. *''Život i rad Vuka Stefanovića Karadžića (26. okt. 1787 - 26. jan. 1864)'', Belgrade, Geca Kon Publishing House, 1924, XXIV-783 p. *''Srpska gramatika za III razred gimnazije'', Belgrade, Geca Kon Publishing House, 1921.

Legacy

He is included in

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Bibliography

Milan Grol Milan Grol (12 September 1876 – 3 December 1952) was a Serbian literary critic, historian and politician. He was also director of the National Theatre of Serbia. Biography Milan Grol was born in Belgrade on 12 September 1876. He completed hi ...

: "The Temptations of democracy", Službeni Glasnik, 2006. * Dušan T. Bataković, ''Yougoslavie. Nations, religions, idéologies'', Lausanne, L'Age d'Homme; 1994. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Ljubomir 1860 births 1930 deaths Politicians from Užice People from the Principality of Serbia People's Radical Party politicians Yugoslav Republican Party politicians Prime Ministers of Serbia Belgrade Higher School faculty Interior ministers of Serbia

Biography

Selected works

Legacy

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