Dragutin Anastasijević Explained

Dragutin Anastasijević
Birth Date:30 July 1877
Birth Place:Kragujevac
Death Place:Belgrade
Nationality:Serbian, Yugoslav
Occupation:byzantinist and philologist
Known For:being a governor of Durrës County

Dragutin Anastasijević (Kragujevac, 30 July 1877 – Belgrade, 20 August 1950) was Serbian byzantinist and philologist, a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1]

Biography

Anastasijević completed gymnasium in Belgrade and in 1900 he graduated from the Grandes écoles (later to become the University of Belgrade) in classical philology and Byzantine Studies. At professor Božidar Prokić's recommendation he continued to pursue Byzantine Studies and modern Greek philology in Munich (his mentor was Karl Krumbacher) where he got his PhD in 1905. He was professor of Byzantine studies on University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy from 1906.

When army of Kingdom of Serbia occupied Ottoman Albania in 1912, Anastasijević was engaged as translator for Greek language and after a while he was appointed on position of governor of Durrës County.[2]

He was elected member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1946.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dragutin Anastasijević. Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. 6 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318172706/http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/IstClan.aspx?arg=9,. 18 March 2012. dead.
  2. Book: Zbornik Matice srpske za književnost i jezik, Књига 36. 1988. Matica srpska. Novi Sad, Serbia. 6 August 2011. 227. a kada je srpska vojska okupirala Albaniju, Anastasijević je isprva bio postavljen za tumača za Grčki jezik, a posle je postao i načelnik Dračkog okruga... When Serbian army occupied Albania he was at first engaged as translator for Greek language and later he was appointed as governor of Durres county.
  3. Web site: Dragutin Anastasijević. Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. САНУ: редовни члан (Одељења друштвених наука) од 22. III 1946.. 6 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318172706/http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/IstClan.aspx?arg=9,. 18 March 2012. dead.