Sava Petrović (botanist)
Сава Петровић | |
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Sava Petrović | |
| Born | January 14, 1839 |
| Died | January 20, 1889 (aged 50) |
| Citizenship | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | discovery of several species unknown to science, co-founder of Serbian Medical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Petrovič |
Sava Petrović (1839–1889) was a botanist and Doctor of Medicine. He is considered to be one of the most important Serbian botanists of the 19th century. Petrović was active in phyto-pharmacology, botany and medicine simultaneously, writing and publishing numerous scientific works. He is also remembered as a co-founder, like many of his peers, of the Srpsko lekarsko društvo (Serbian Medical Society) in 1872. Also the same year his book "Medicinal Herbs"was published.