Milan Kujundžić Aberdar

Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Кујунџић Абердар; 1842–1893) was a Serbian poet,[1] philosopher[2] and politician.

Milan Kujundžić Aberdar
Milan Kujundzić Aberdar in uniform
Born
Janićije Kujundzić Aberdar

1842 (1842)
Died1893 (aged 50–51)
NationalitySerbian
Occupation(s)poet, philosopher and politician
Known forone the first 16 academicians of the Serbian Royal Academy

Biography

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He was born in Belgrade and given the name Janićije but later he changed it to Milan.[3] His pseudonym Aberdar came from his collected poems.[4]

He studied at the gymnasium in Belgrade and Pančevo, and enrolled the legal faculty of the Belgrade Lyceum. With the Turkish bombardment of Belgrade in 1862, he stopped his studies and joined the Serbian army.

After that, he received a scholarship from the Serbian government to study philosophy in Vienna, Munich, Paris, and London. Before finishing his studies at Oxford, in 1866 he was back in Serbia, recalled by the Minister of Education, to take over the Department of Philosophy at the Grandes écoles.[4]

He was a professor of philosophy at Belgrade's Grandes écoles, Secretary of the Serbian Learned Society (from 1873 to 1882), President of the National Assembly (from 1880 to 1885),[4] Minister of Education (1886-1887), envoy of Rome, Youth Editor of Srbadije and poet.

King Milan Obrenović appointed him on 5 April 1887 the first 16 academicians of the Serbian Royal Academy, among them was Milan Kujundžić Aberdar.

He participated in the Serbian-Turkish wars of 1876–1878, and for that reason, he was promoted to Major, and later to Lieutenant-Colonel. Among the many decorations he received, the most significant are: the medal of the regeneration of the Serbian kingdom, the Order of the Cross of Takovo III degree, the Order of the White Eagle III degree, and the Order of the Cross of Takovo IV degree with swords.[4]

Works

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  • Kratki pregled harmonije u svetu (A Short Outline of the Harmonies in the World)[5]
  • Filozofija u Srba (Philosophy Among Serbs)
  • Šta je i koliko u naš urađeno na lođici? (What and How Much Was Done in Logic in Our Country?)[6]
  • Ide li svet na bolje ili na gore? (Is the world going for better or for worse?)
  • Filozofska i društveno-politička shvatanja (Philosophical and Sociopolitical Conceptions)[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Milaković, Josip; Ostojića, I. V. (19 July 1905). Naša pjesma: antologija hrvatskog i srpskog pjesništva. Vogler. Retrieved 19 July 2019 – via Internet Archive. milan kujundzic aberdar.
  2. ^ New Zealand Slavonic Journal. Department of Russian, Victoria University of Wellington. 19 July 1988. Retrieved 19 July 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Hristić, Kosta N. (1989). Записи старог Београђанина", Нолит. Београд. p. 422. ISBN 978-86-19-01637-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b c d историју, MK Фондација Српски Легат је основана са циљем да својим активностима очува; Србије, традицију и културу Србије и подсети на лепе и светле тренутке српске историје како би инспирисали садашње и будуће грађане; Заборављене, Њихово Достојанство И. Националне Вредности Које Су Временом Потиснуте И. Делимично (26 November 2015). "Преминуо је филозоф, песник, политичар и академик, Милан Кујунџић Абердар". Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Slavonic Journal". Department of Russian, Victoria University of Wellington. 15 August 1988. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Facta Universitatis: Series philosophy and sociology". University of Niš. 15 August 1994. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Stokes, Gale (15 August 1990). Politics as Development: The Emergence of Political Parties in Nineteenth Century Serbia. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822310167. Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via Google Books.