Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović Доситеј Обрадовић | |
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| Minister of Education of Serbia | |
| In office 1807–1811 | |
| Prime Minister | Mateja Nenadović |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Jugović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dimitrije Obradović 17 February 1739 Tschakowa, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg monarchy (now Ciacova, Romania) |
| Died | 7 April 1811 (aged 72) Belgrade, Revolutionary Serbia (now Belgrade, Serbia) |
| Nationality | Serbian |
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Dositej Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Доситеј Обрадовић, Serbian pronunciation: [dɔsǐtɛːj ɔbrǎːdɔʋitɕ]; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.