Dimitrije MATIĆ Philosopher, jurist and politician; (b. Ruma, 18 August 1821 – d. Belgrade, 17 October 1884)

PhD in philosophy, Belgrade Lyceum professor and minister of education

Membership of Society of Serbian Letters (SSL) full member from 1 August 1848; SSL President from 22 October 1859 until 29 March 1860; SSL vice-president in 1863

Membership of Serbian Learned Society (SLS): honorary member inducted on 29 July 1864; Board for Philosophical and Philological Sciences, full member from 6 February 1869 and Board for Promotion of Science and Literature among the People from 1883

Biography and bibliography: Pomenik, 332–334 (M. Đ. Milićević). – PI 116 (A. Belić). – Ministri prosvete Srbije 1811–1918. Belgrade 1994, 58–59. – NE 2 (S. Jovanović). – Savremenici i poslednici Ρ 425/6 (V. Aleksijević). – D. Matić: Đački dnevnik (1845–1848). Belgrade 1974. Pp. 1–11 (Lj. Durković – Jakšić). – LPJ 4, 231–232 (M.M. Nikolić).

Obituary: Gl. SUD 62: appendix (1885) 1–2 + 23. – LMS 144 (1885) 123–126 (A. Hadžić).

Photograph: SANU–F 38