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Jovan Cvijić

1865 - 1927

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Jovan Cvijić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Цвијић, pronounced [jǒʋan tsʋǐːjitɕ]; 11 October [O.S. 29 September] 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbian geographer, ethnologist, university professor and academic. He was the president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia. He began his scientific career as a geographer and geologist, and continued his activity as a human geographer and sociologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jovan Cvijić is the 35th most popular geographer, the 105th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Jovan Cvijić ranks 35 out of 86. Before him are Johann Georg Gmelin, Albrecht Penck, Abraham Cresques, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, Willem Blaeu, and Nicolas Sanson. After him are Jodocus Hondius, Vincenzo Coronelli, Artemidorus Ephesius, Otto Nordenskjöld, Conrad Malte-Brun, and Marie Tharp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Jovan Cvijić ranks 57. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans, Abraham Isaac Kook, Edith Cavell, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Friedrich Paschen, and Lucjan Żeligowski. After him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Charles Bally, Wilbur Scoville, Jehanne D'Alcy, Lala Lajpat Rai, and Louis Zutter. Among people deceased in 1927, Jovan Cvijić ranks 42. Before him are Boris Kustodiev, Sisowath of Cambodia, James Oliver Curwood, Sergey Sazonov, Vilhelm Thomsen, and Hugo Schuchardt. After him are Fritz Hofmann, Victorine Meurent, Robert Fuchs, Jonas Basanavičius, Mikhail Artsybashev, and Ahad Ha'am.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Jovan Cvijić ranks 105 out of 661. Before him are Velibor Vasović (1939), Koča Popović (1908), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Bata Živojinović (1933), Ilija Garašanin (1812), and Ivan Stambolić (1936). After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Dimitrije Ljotić (1891), Dušan Makavejev (1932), Nikola Jokić (1995), Monica Seles (1973), and Đorđe Balašević (1953).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Serbia

Among geographers born in Serbia, Jovan Cvijić ranks 1. 

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