Ljubomir KOVAČEVIĆ Historian and politician; (b. Petnica, 4/16 January 1848 – d. Vrnjačka Banja, 19 November/2 December 1918)

Belgrade Higher School professor, minister of education and church affairs

Membership of Serbian Learned Society (SLS): Board for State and Historical Sciences; full member from 20 October 1880 and Board for Philosophical and Philological Sciences from 28 January 1883

Membership of Serbian Royal Academy (SRA): Academy of Social Sciences; full member appointed on 5 April 1887; SRA interim secretary: from 28 December 1905 to 29 March 1912; acting secretary from 29 March 1912 to 14 February 1913; Academy of Social Sciences; secretary from 22 February 1892 to 22 November 1896; from 22 February 1900 to 22 February 1906; from 22 February 1913 to 22 February 1914

Accession speech: Some Questions on Stefan Nemanja. Contribution to the Serbian History of the 12^th Century Resources. Printed in: (a) SKA God. 1 (1887) 145–146. [Excerpt]; (b) SKA Glas 58 (1900) 1–108. Proglašen 14. II 1888. (SRA God. 1 (1887) 145–146).

Biography and bibliography: NE 2 (N. Radojčić). – EJ 5 (S. Ćirković). – Ministri prosvete Srbije 1811–1918. Belgrade 1994, 112–113. – SKA God 1 (1888) 241–245 + 289. – LPJ 3 (M. M. Nikolić). – ESI 440–441 (R. Mihaljčić). – Istorijski glasnik 1–2 (1977) 272–282 (A. Lolić).

Obituary: GNČ 34 (1921) 289–306 (V. Ćorović). – Brastvo 15 (1921) 260–261 (J. Hadži-Vasiljević). – SRA God 28 (1921) 106–108 (J. M. Žujović).

Photograph: SANU–F 226