Petar Pavlović (

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, 28 June 1864 –

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, 5 August 1938) was a Serbian geologist, also a member of the

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, lecturer at the

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and a long-time director of the Museum of Natural History, Belgrade.

Biography

Petar Pavlović was born in Požarevac to Colonel Stojko Pavlović and Jelena "Lena" Lunjevica, daughter of Nikola Lunjevica, the Serbian revolutionary leader. After graduating from Belgrade's

, he went abroad to pursue further studies in

geology Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...

and

palaeontology Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geo ...

. Upon his return to

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he was offered the post of director of the Museum of Natural History.

Geology in Serbia

The study of modern geology in Serbia began to develop in the first half of the 19th century mainly for two reasons: the endeavours of Prince

Miloš Obrenović Miloš Obrenović (; ; 18 March 1780 or 1783 – 26 September 1860) born Miloš Teodorović (; ), also known as Miloš the Great () was the Prince of Serbia twice, from 1815 to 1839, and from 1858 to 1860. He was an eminent figure of the Firs ...

to expand the national economy (including mining) and the interest shown by European scientists for a country, newly liberated from the Ottoman yoke. When in 1880 Jovan Žujović became the professor of geology and mineralogy at the ''Grandes écoles'' in Belgrade, as the first Serbian geologist who studied in Belgrade and Paris, the development of geology in Serbia was strongly increased. Zujović's successors: Sava Urošević (mineralogy, petrology), Svetolik Radovanović (palaeontology), Petar Pavlović (palaeontology), Vladimir Petković (regional geology), Jelenko Mihailović (seismology) and others continued geological investigations in Serbia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlović, Petar Serbian geologists 1864 births 1938 deaths Serbian paleontologists Paleontology in Serbia People from the Kingdom of Serbia

Biography

Geology in Serbia

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