About Radovan Samardžić
Lived 1922 – 1994 (aged 71). Radovan Samardžić was a Serbian historian, writer and university teacher.
Radovan Samardžić (; Sarajevo, 22 October 1922 – Belgrade, 1 February 1994) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).
He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the history of Dubrovnik in 1956. As a pupil of French historian, Fernand Braudel, Samardžić, throughout of his career, focused on research of Ottoman history.
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Who was Radovan Samardžić?
Serbian historian
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Radovan Samardžić was born on 22 October 1922 in Sarajevo.
When did Radovan Samardžić die?
Radovan Samardžić died on 1 February 1994.
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Radovan Samardžić was a historian, writer and university teacher.
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Radovan Samardžić was Serbian.
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