Đorđe Nešić (15 June 1873 - 24 October 1959) was a

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Background

Nešić was born on 15 June 1873 in

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, Serbia, to father Petar and mother Ljubica. The Nešić family moved to Loznica for several years, returning to Šabac when Đorđe was 10. He completed secondary school in 1890 and left to study medicine in

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. Nešić graduated from medical school in 1896.

Career

After graduation, Nešić founded an ophthalmology department at the Belgrade Military Medical Academy. In 1901, he left the Academy to work at the Belgrade General Hospital, where in 1904 he was appointed as head of the ophthalmology department. He had a particular interest in

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Nešić worked as a military ophthalmologist from 1904, including the

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, and

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. He pursued an academic career, becoming Professor of Ophthalmology and Dean of the Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, before retiring at the age of 82.

Death

Nešić died in Belgrade in 1959 at the age of 86.

References

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