Konstantin (Kosta) Branković (

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, 25 May 1814 —

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, 22 November 1865) was a Serbian

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and

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from the

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. He was one of the first six-member tutorial staff at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia in Kragujevac before Belgrade became the capital city and a new Lyceum was opened there.

Biography

He was born in Novi Sad (Újvidék), then part of the Kingdom of Hungary. He finished high school in Novi Sad, philosophy in

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, and law in Pest. At the end of 1839, he was appointed professor at the Lyceum, where he was rector four times (1841/42, 1846/47, 1851-1853 and 1859-1863). He was also among the first founding members of the Society Of Serbian Letters and on several occasions its secretary and vice-president. In philosophy, he belonged to the Kantian direction, along with Jovan Stejić, Mihailo Ristić and Mihailo V. Vujić. In 1848, as a member of the Main Board in

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, he sent letters to the Serbian newspaper. From 1854 until his death he taught logic, physics, psychology, philosophy and pedagogy at the Lyceum that became Belgrade's

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(and eventually the

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). In 1856 he was the editor of ''Šumadinka'', and from 1859 he was the state censor of books and newspapers. He is best known for his two major works "Elementary Philosophy (''Osnovno mudroslovlje'') and "Logic" (''Misloslovlje ili logika''). In both of his books, he credits the relevant works of Wilhelm Traugott Krug whom he translated.

Bibliography

* ''Prirodoslovlje ili fizika za mladež'' / Physics for Youngsters, Belgrade, 1842 and 1850: * ''Misloslovlje ili logika za mladež'' / Ponderings or Logic for Youngsters, Belgrade, 1849; * ''Pismena sočinenija I и II'' / Written Works I and II, Belgrade, 1850 and 1860; * ''Osnovno mudroslovlje za slušatelje Velike škole'' / Basic Wisdom for ''Grandes écoles'' students, Belgrade, 1851; * ''Misloslovlje ili logika za prvogodišnje slušatelje mudroslovlja u Liceumu Knjažestva Srbskog'' / Logic for first-year students at the Lyceum of the

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, Belgrade, 1851.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Branković, Konstantin Academic staff of Belgrade Higher School 1814 births 1865 deaths Serbs of Hungary Writers from Novi Sad Censors People from the Austrian Empire

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