Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac | |
Birth Name: | Dimitrije Ruvarac |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1842 |
Birth Place: | Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary |
Death Place: | Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Other Names: | Mita |
Known For: | one of the most active publishers of his time |
Occupation: | historian, publisher and priest |
Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac (sr|Димитрије Руварац; Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary October 25, 1842 — Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia December 16, 1931) was Serbian historian, Orthodox priest, academic[1] and publisher.[2] He is known for being one of the most active publishers of his time.[3] Ruvarac's family immigrated to Syrmia in Austria-Hungary, today in Serbia, from the region between Bihać and Cazin, nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Ottoman Empire.[4] German historian Leopold von Ranke was among the scholars who influenced Dimitrije Ruvarac the most.