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Jovan Dragašević
Serbian military officer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jovan Dragašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Драгашевић; Požarevac, 16 February 1836 – Niš, 14 July 1915) was a Serbian military geographer, historian and writer.
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Native name | Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Драгашевић |
Born | (1836-02-16)February 16, 1836 Požarevac, Principality of Serbia |
Died | July 14, 1915(1915-07-14) (aged 79) Niš, Kingdom of Serbia |
Buried | 44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E |
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Years of service | 1860–1888 |
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Commands held | General Staff (Acting Chief) |
Battles/wars | Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878) |
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Spouse(s) | Mila Dragašević |
Children | 3 |
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As Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia, he was Acting Chief of the Serbian General Staff from 1877 to 1878, during the Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878). He was also lecturer at the Military Academy and the Higher School in Belgrade, as well as honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy.[1][2]