| Jovan Erdeljanović | |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1874 |
| Birth Place: | Pančevo, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Resting Place: | Novo groblje, Belgrade |
| Fields: | Ph.D of Ethnology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade, Charles University in Prague |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Lubor Niederle |
| Academic Advisors: | Jovan Cvijić |
| Citizenship: | Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality: | Yugoslav |
Jovan Erdeljanović (11 November 1874 – 12 February 1944) was a Serbian and Yugoslav ethnologist.
Jovan Erdeljanović was born in Pančevo, Austria-Hungary. He studied at the universities of Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig and Prague. In 1905 he obtained his doctorate as Doctor of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague. In 1906, Erdeljanović began working at the University of Belgrade, elected Professor at Department of Ethnology of the philosophical Faculty since 1922. He remained at the University until 1941 and was member of Serbian Academy of Sciences.[1]
The first recognized work of anthropological interest in ethnicity was done by Erdeljanović, named as one of the founding fathers of Serbian ethnology. His works are influenced by ideas of evolutionism and Yugoslavism and he represented the theory that Yugoslavs are people of one blood and one origin.[2] [3]
. Jovan Erdeljanović. Стара Црна Гора: Етничка прошлост и формирање црногорских племена. 1926. Српски етнографски зборник. 39. Београд. Српска краљевска академија.