Naum Evro

Naum Evro(vić) ) was a pro-Serbian activist in the Ottoman Empire. He was among the first Macedonists. Evro was a founder and member of the Sofia-based organization Secret Macedonian Committee.

Life Naum Evro was born in Struga, Ottoman Empire. He received primary education in his birthplace. Evro later was educated at the Theological School in Belgrade, after which he was appointed as an intern in the Vranje district. Afterwards, he studied philology in Belgrade and learned French in Paris for a specialist degree for one year. The establishment of SMC marked the beginning of the pro-Serbian activities by its activists.

In 1886, he became part of the Association of Serbo-Macedonians, headquartered in Constantinople, founded and led by Serbian politician Stojan Novaković, for the realization of the Serbian cause. Novaković was his sponsor. Along with Grupčević, he assisted Novaković, being partially successful in imposing strong Serbian linguistic influence on Macedonian. It was sent to Belgrade for evaluation in June 1888. However, the primer was not accepted due to relying predominantly on Macedonian, thus the primer by Milojko Veselinović was accepted and published instead. Per Macedonian linguist Trajko Stamatoski, their primer was declined because it did not comply with Novaković's instructions.