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Vuk Karadžić
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. Vuk Karadžić was a versatile scholar and the founder of several Serbian academic disciplines, with a significant contribution to historiography. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled Karadžić…
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culture · Serbian philologist and linguist (1787–1864) · linguist · historian · translator · writer · Bible translator · diplomat · collector of fairy tales · philologist · ethnographer · folklorist · also Vuk Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Karadžić
Born 7 November 1787 · Died 26 January 1864 · Q202815
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2025· 2 entries
Moviefone: Vuk Karadžić (1987-1988)
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2018· 1 entry
“Is Europe Sleepwalking Into Another Balkan War?”
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1987· 1 entry
Tršić received a comprehensive overhaul as a cultural-historical monument
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1979· 1 entry
And it is protected by Republic of Serbia
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1897· 1 entry
And buried with great honours next to the grave of Dositej Obradović, in front of St
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1864· 1 entry
Died 1864-01-26.
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1828· 1 entry
Systematically analyzed old towns, cities, and settlements, classifying them into three levels according to their size and administrative function
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1824· 1 entry
Sent a copy of his folksong collection to Jacob Grimm, who was enthralled particularly by The Building of Skadar which Karadžić recorded from singing of Old Rashko
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1814· 1 entry
And 1815, Karadžić published two volumes of Serbian Folk Songs, which afterwards increased to four, then to six, and finally to nine tomes
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1813· 1 entry
Left for Vienna and later met Jernej Kopitar, an experienced linguist with a strong interest in secular Slavistics
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1787· 1 entry
Born 1787-11-07.
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