Pantelija Srećković ( sr-Cyrl, Пантелија Срећковић; 3 November 1834 – 8 July 1903), also known as Panta Srećković (Панта Срећковић) was a Serbian historian and academician, the dean of the

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(''Velika Škola'') in 1884–85, and again in 1890.

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Panta Srećković was born in Veliko Krčmare to Slavko (born in 1788) and Marija-Baba (1793-1878), daughter of Proko Ivanović of

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who participated in the First and Second Serbian uprisings, as well as in the Miloje Đak Rebellion in 1825 on the side of

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. His paternal grandfather, Srećko Stefanović, was a participant in the Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1788-1792) and during the

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led 1,000 soldiers (as binbashi) in Lepenica. Panta Srećković attended grammar school at Malo Krčmare in the Rača region (

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District), the Gymnasium at

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, School of Theology in Belgrade's Bogoslovija and post-graduate studies at the famed

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and Seminary. From 1859 to 1894 he was a history professor at the

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and from 1863 on, at the '' Velika škola''. He was a leading personality of classic

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, with Miloš Milojević. He entered into conflict with another contemporary historian Ilarion Ruvarac and followers of

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, critical historiography, and came out almost completely forgotten for a time, but now his work has gained great acclaim. He was a Deputy Speaker of the

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, Member of Parliament, Academician from 1886, Rector of the ''Grandes écoles'', Pirot District Mayor in 1878. He was very active in the Association of Serbo-Macedonians and the Society of Saint Sava."Време", Београд 1937. године Srećković died 8 July 1903 and was buried at the Novo groblje in Belgrade. He was married to Anka, daughter of Marinko Radovanović, Minister of Justice.

Works

*''Istorija srpskoga naroda: Županijsko vreme (600-1159)'', 1884 *''Istorija srpskoga naroda: Vreme kraljevstva i carstva (1159-1367)'', 1888 *''Detinjstvo'' *''Stefan Nemanja; Nejaki Uroš, drugi srpski car; Car Siniša Paleolog Nemanjić i janjinski despot Toma; Vukašin'' *''Stanje i odnos srpskih arhontija prema Ugarskoj i Vizantiji u polovini XII veka'' *''Tvorenija Domentijana i Teodosija'' *''Pregled istorijskih izvora o knezu Lazaru i Kraljeviću Marku''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panta Sreckovic 19th-century Serbian historians People from the Kingdom of Serbia Academic staff of Belgrade Higher School 1834 births 1903 deaths

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