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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 and ethnologist, 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jovan Cvijić has received more than 141,335 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jovan Cvijić is the 35th most popular geographer (up from 38th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Serbia (down from 95th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Geographer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Jovan Cvijić ranks 35 out of 86. Before him are Nicolas Sanson, Willem Blaeu, Albrecht Penck, Marinus of Tyre, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, and Artemidorus Ephesius. After him are Vincenzo Coronelli, Jodocus Hondius, Alfred Hettner, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Johann Georg Gmelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Jovan Cvijić ranks 53. Before him are Frederick Cook, Rainis, Charles Bally, Edith Cavell, Wilbur Scoville, and Sabino Arana. After him are Shigechiyo Izumi, Hannah Chaplin, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Andrey Sheptytsky, Lucjan Żeligowski, and Bronisława Dłuska. Among people deceased in 1927, Jovan Cvijić ranks 41. Before him are Shote Galica, Sergey Sazonov, Boris Kustodiev, Jānis Čakste, Carl David Tolmé Runge, and Miguel, Duke of Braganza. After him are Hugo Schuchardt, Victorine Meurent, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Ahad Ha'am.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Jovan Cvijić ranks 103 out of 661. Before him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Filip Vujanović (1954), Velibor Vasović (1939), Dušan Makavejev (1932), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), and Beba Lončar (1943). After him are Dengizich (395), Ivan Stambolić (1936), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (1300), and Dragan Nikolić (1943).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Serbia

Among geographers born in Serbia, Jovan Cvijić ranks 1. 

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