Dimitrije Nešić

Dimitrije Nešić (20 October 1836, in Belgrade, Principality of Serbia – 9 May 1904, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia) was a Serbian mathematician, professor at the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia and president of the Serbian Royal Academy.

Dimitrije Nešić
Born	Димитрије Нешић 20 October 1836 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia
Died	9 May 1904 (aged 67) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Occupation	mathematician
Known for	being a president of the Serbian Royal Academy

Biography

Nešić was born to Savka and Stojan Nešić. Nešićs left their hometown Novi Pazar under Ottoman oppression on Serbian population in the area due to the First Serbian uprising.[1] His father Stojan was craftsman and trader while his mother was housekeeper. His grandfather was merchant in Novi Pazar who came to Belgrade in 1808 because of Ottoman anti-Serb actions during the First Serbian Uprising.[2]

Nešić authored most of the modern mathematics textbooks in Kingdom of Serbia and overall improved the quality of studies in the field. He was sent by the government to travel across Europe and study various metric systems, and he later implemented the information gathered on his travels thus making the first official and modern Serbian metric system.[3]

He was a rector of today's University of Belgrade on two terms and also president of the academy. Dimitrije Nešić was made corresponding member of JAZU and he received Order of St Sava and Order of the White Eagle.

Selected works

• Metarske mere, 1874
• Trigonometrija, 1875.
• Nauka o kombinacijama, 1883.
• Algebarska analiza I, 1883.
• Algebarska analiza II, 1883

See also

• Jovan Sterija Popović
• Đura Daničić
• Josif Pančić
• Matija Ban
• Konstantin Branković

References

1. "Dimitrije Nešić, prvi pravi matematičar". Vesti online. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
2. Mihailo Mlinar (2000). "Metarski sistem mera u Srbiji Dimitrije Nešić je tvorac moderne nastave". Glas Javnosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 October 2013.
3. "History of the Institute". www.mi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

External links

• Biography on the website of SANU