Dimitrije Nešić (20 October 1836 – 9 May 1904) was a Serbian mathematician, professor at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia and president of the Serbian Royal Academy.

Biography

Nešić was born to Savka and Stojan Nešić in Belgrade,

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia () was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agre ...

. Nešićs left their hometown

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...

under Ottoman oppression on Serbian population in the area due to the

First Serbian uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

. His father Stojan was craftsman and trader while his mother was housekeeper. His grandfather was merchant in Novi Pazar who came to Belgrade in 1808 because of Ottoman anti-Serb actions during the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

. Dimitrije Nešić completed his elementary and six-grade secondary education in Belgrade, and enrolled at

Lyceum The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies among countries; usually it is a type of secondary school. Basic science and some introduction to ...

in 1853. After receiving a scholarship, he continued his studies at the Technical College in Vienna and the Polytechnical School at Karlsruhe. He returned to Belgrade in 1862 to become a professor of mathematics. Nešić authored most of the modern mathematics textbooks in Kingdom of Serbia and overall improved the quality of studies in the field. He was sent by the government to travel across Europe and study various

metric system The metric system is a system of measurement that standardization, standardizes a set of base units and a nomenclature for describing relatively large and small quantities via decimal-based multiplicative unit prefixes. Though the rules gover ...

s, and he later implemented the information gathered on his travels thus making the first official and modern Serbian metric system. He was a rector of today's

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

on two terms and also president of the

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. Dimitrije Nešić was made corresponding member of JAZU and he received Order of St Sava and Order of the White Eagle.

Selected works

*''Metarske mere'', 1874 *''Trigonometrija'', 1875. *''Nauka o kombinacijama'', 1883. *''Algebarska analiza I'', 1883. *''Algebarska analiza II'', 1883

References

External links

Biography on the website of SANU
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesic, Dimitrije 1836 births 1904 deaths People from the Principality of Serbia Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Serbian mathematicians Academic staff of the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia Education ministers of Serbia

Biography

Selected works

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