Dositej Obradović was a Serbian writer, philosopher, pedagogue, translator, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Serbia. An influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, he advocated Enlightenment and rationalist ideas, while remaining a Serbian patriot and an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, writer, philosopher
- Position held
- education minister
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Born
- February 17, 1742
- Died
- April 7, 1811
