Stanoje Stanojević

Stanoje Stanojević (; 13 August 1874 – 30 July 1937) was a Serbian historian, university professor, academic and a leader of many scientific and publishing enterprises.

Career Stanojević finished university studies in Belgrade's Velika škola and post-graduate studies in philosophy in Vienna, where he received his PhD in 1896. He was a student of Konstantin Jireček and Vatroslav Jagić. Stanojević belongs to the first generation of Serbian historians educated abroad, at European universities. From 1898 to 1899 he was professor at the Serbian high school in Istanbul and also worked at the Russian Archaeological Institute there, where he laid the foundations for his two-volume work Vizantija i Srbi (Byzantium and the Serbs), published from 1903 to 1906. Stanojević organized himself and initiated the establishment of historic societies. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a corresponding member of science academies in Bucharest, Prague and Munich.

Works Stanojević wrote many books about history of Serbia and history of the Serbs, including: Byzantium and the Serbs ("Vizantija i Srbi") Saint Sava ("Sveti Sava") Stefan Lazarević's biography ("Biografija Stefana Lazarevića od Konstantina filozofa") Studies on Serbian diplomacy ("Studije o srpskoj diplomatici") World War 1 serbia History of the Serbian People ("Istorija srpskog naroda") About South Slavs in the 6th, 7th, 8th centuries ("O Južnim Slovenima u VI, VII, VIII veku") From our past ("Iz naše prošlosti"), 1934

He also organized and arranged the "Great National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" ("Velika Narodna enciklopedija Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca"), which was the first work of the kind written in Serbian language. Great National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1 Great National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 2 Great National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 3 Great National Encyclopedia of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 4