Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
(1787-1864)
Serbian writer
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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Стефановић Караџић; 7 November 1787 – 7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled him "the father of Serbian folk-literature scholarship." He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary in the new reformed language. In addition, he translated the New Testament into the reformed form of the Serbian spelling and language.
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7 November 1787 Trsic, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
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7 February 1864 (aged 76) Vienna, Austrian Empire
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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