Pavle Šafarik ( sr-cyr, Павле Шафарик; 15 April 1846 – 1873) was a Serbian military officer, an artillery officer in the Serbian Army, and publisher. Born on 15 April 1846 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 ...

, Pavle was the son of the academic Janko Šafarik (1814–1876). After finishing primary school and seven grades of gymnasium, he enrolled in the Military Academy in Belgrade in 1861. In 1871–72, he joined the Serb revolutionary organization known as the Main Board for Serb Liberation, based in

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

. At that time, he was an officer at the artillery administration. In March 1873, he co-founded the Kragujevac Social Press.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Safarik, Pavle 1846 births Year of death missing 19th-century Serbian people Serbian publishers (people) Military personnel from Belgrade Serbian people of Slovak descent 19th-century military personnel People from the Principality of Serbia