Jovan Dragašević

Serbian military officer and politician

44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E / 44.80944; 20.48722Allegiance

Principality of Serbia

Kingdom of SerbiaService/branch

Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia

Royal Serbian ArmyYears of service1860–1888Rank

General Staff Colonel

General (honorary; awarded 13 July 1900)Commands heldGeneral Staff (Acting Chief)Battles/warsSerbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878)Awards

Order of the Cross of Takovo

Order of St. SavaSpouse(s)Mila DragaševićChildren3

Jovan Dragašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Драгашевић; Požarevac, 16 February 1836 – Niš, 14 July 1915) was a Serbian military geographer, historian and writer.

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]

References

^ Ivetić 2000, p. 13.
^ Radojčić 2011, p. 447.

Literature

Ivetić, Velimir (2000). Načelnici generalštaba 1876—2000. Beograd: Novinsko-informativni centar VOJSКA.
Radojčić, Stevan (2011). "Kosmometrija Jovana Dragaševića" (PDF). Zbornik radova konferencije "Razvoj astronomije kod Srba VI", Beograd, 22—26 April 2010 (ur. M. S. Dimitrijević) (10). Beograd: Publikacija Astronomskog društva "Ruđer Bošković": 439–450.