PETAR PERA ĐORĐEVIĆ Philologist and politician; (b. Kragujevac, 21 June/3 July 1855 – d. Belgrade, 18 November 1902)

Gymnasium teacher (Kragujevac, Belgrade) and state advisor

Membership of Serbian Royal Academy (SRA): Academy of Philosophical Sciences; corresponding member from 6 January 1890; full member from 25 January 1894; secretary of the Academy of Philosophical Sciences from 22 February 1897 until 22 February 1900; temporary secretary (SRA) from 27 September 1899 until 18 November 1902

Accession speech: On Word Order in the Serbian Language. Printed in: (SKA) Glas 53 (1898) 167–231. Delivered 4 February 1896; (SRA) God. 9 (1895) 179–187 [excerpt: 180–182].)

Biographies, bibliographies: HE 1 (A. Belić). – Hr E 5 (1945) 529 (S. Ivšić). – EJ 3 (A. Belić). – LPJ 2 (Ž. P. Jovanović, P. M. Jevtić)

Obituary: Delo 25 (1902) 658–660 (Anonymous). – Kolo 4 (1902) 692 (Anonymous). – (SKA) God. 16 (1903) 134–136 (J. M. Žujović) i 259–261 (J. Mišković). – Lj. JAZU 17 (1903) 159–164 (M. Šrepel). – Srpski Sion 12 (1903) 776 (Anonymous). – LMS 218 (1903) 151–152 (J. Radonić). – Nastavnik 14 (1904) 1–2 (M. K. Dragutinović)

Photograph: SANU–F 211