Janko Đurđević Explained
Janko Đurđević (Serbian: Јанко Ђурђевић; c. 1770 - 1828) was a representative of the Smederevo nahiyah in the cabinets of Matija Nenadović, Mladen Milovanović, and Jakov Nenadović. He was a member of the Great Federal Court (Supreme Court) from 1811.
Biography
Janko Đurđević was born around 1770 in Konjska Reka, near Bajina Bašta, Serbia, at a time when, during Karađorđe's Serbia, it was part of the Danube principality of the Smederevo nahija. He was a legal advisor during the time of Karađorđe. In 1813, he fled to Austria and then emigrated to Imperial Russia where he died in 1828.[1]
His contemporaries, Vuk Karadžić,[2] Matija Nenadović,[1] and Lazar Arsenijević[3] mention him in their respective memoirs.
His son Paun Janković (1808-1865)[4] was acting Prime Minister of Serbia in 1840.
Sources
- Milan Đ. Milićević, Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog narodu novijega doba, Vol 1 (Belgrade, 1888)[5]
- Milan Đ. Milićević,Kneževina Srbija (Belgrade, 1878)
- Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka, Istorija srpskog ustanka (Belgrade, 1898)
- Konstantin N. Nenadović, Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara Đorđa Vrhovnog Vožda... (Vienna, 1884)
- Book: Morison, W. A.. The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks: (1804-1813). 2012. 1942. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-67606-0.
- Book: Petrovich, Michael Boro. 1976. A history of modern Serbia, 1804-1918. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 9780151409501.
- Book: Ranke, Leopold von. History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: From Original Mss. and Documents. 1847. J. Murray.
Notes and References
- Book: Nenadović, Mateja. Memoari prote Matije Nenadovića. 1893. Srpska književna zadruga. sr.
- Book: Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović. Правителствујушћи совјет сербски за времена Кара-Ђорђијева. 1860. U Štampariji Jermenskoga manastira. sr.
- Book: Arsenijević-Batalaka, Lazar. Историја српског устанка. 1898. Изд. Баталакинога фонда. sr.
- Book: Milićević, M. Đ. Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog naroda novijega doba. 1888. Slovo ljubve. sr.
- Web site: Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog naroda novijega doba. Milan Đ. Milićević. November 23, 1888. u Srpskoj kraljevskoj štampariji. Google Books.
