Sava Tekelija (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Текелија, 1761–1842) was a merchant and among the first Serbs to have defended a doctoral thesis in jurisprudence (doctor of law), and in particular in legal theory and philosophy in 1786 at the University of Pest; president of the Matica srpska; philanthropist; noble; and merchant. Tekelija founded in Budapest the Tekelijanum (Collegium Tökölyanum) in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city. Tekelija was a big patron of the Matica Srpska and he opened a Matica library in the Tekelijanum. He is related to Peter Tekeli and Jovan Tekelija (Thököly).
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28 August 1761 Arad, Habsburg Monarchy (today Romania)
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Died |
7 October 1842 (aged 81) Pest, Austrian Empire (today Hungary)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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