JOVAN GAVRILOVIĆ Statesman, geographer and statistician; (b. Vukovar, 3 November 1796 – d. Belgrade, 29 July 1877)

Minister, State Council member and Prince’s regent

Membership of Society of Serbian Letters (SSL): full member from 1 August 1848; SLS vice president 1849–1850; 1854; 1859; 1860.

Membership of Serbian Learned Society (SLS):  Historical and State Sciences Division, full member appointed on 29 July 1864; SLS president 1864–1865; 1865–1866; 1867–1868.

Biography and bibliography: GE 18 (L. Léger). – Pomenik, 84–88 (M. Đ. Milićević). – Dod. Pomeniku, 176. – Lovčević I, 303. – LPJ 2 (R. Adamović). – M. Radević: Autobiografija J. Gavrilovića. ZMS/I 4 (1971) 121–130. – M. Radević: Beleška o J. Gavrilovću. U: J. Gavrilović, Rečnik geografijsko-statistički Srbije. Belgrade. 1994, 241–248.

Obituary: Javor 4 (1877) 1059. – Srpske novine 44: 167 (1877) 2.

Photograph: SANU–F 13, I