Teacher, social and cultural worker. Born on 1st Jan.1844. in Velika Kikinda, died on 18th Jun 1922. in Novi Sad. He graduated from Elementary school and Imperial-Royal Elementary Real School in Velika Kikinda, Trading school in Pesta, and afterwards Teaching School in Sombor and in 1864. he became a teacher in Velika Kikinda. Most important parts of his work is connected to Novi Sad. In 1874. he was a techer and principal in Novi Sad`s Female High school. In 1889. he founded Serbian teachers` Convict for children of teachers from Novi Sad. He founded Techers`association "Natosevic". Elected for Secretary of "Srpkinja Novosatkinja" charity. 1886. founded "Ženski svet" (Woman`s World) and edited it until the WWI. At the beginning of the war, on his iniciative a hospital was founded. On 1910-1911 was a Secretary of Matica srpska. On 1910 he edited a calendar of "Zenski svet" and from 1921 he began to work on Teacher`s news (Učiteljski vesnik). Associate on "Srpsko kolo" i "Branik", and few other magazines. Elected for senator in 1892 on the teritory of Sent Miklus. He was married to Beta (born Stefanovic) and had a doughter Vida (married Vulko).
Printing and publishing
Publisher and bookseller. He founded bookstore in 1876. His main edition were "Ratna Hronika", "Ilustovane Novine", "Starmali"... He left his property to Serbian gymnasium in Novi Sad.
1906. bookstore has been taken by Svetozar Ognjanović.
Đuro Kurepa was born in August 16, 1907 and died on November 2, 1993. He was a Yugoslav mathematician. Throughout his life, Kurepa published over 700 articles, books, papers, and reviews and over 1,000 scientific reviews. He lectured at universities across Europe, as well as those in Canada, Cuba, Iraq, Israel, and the United States, and was quoted saying "I lectured at almost each of nineteen universities of the former Yugoslavia..."His nephew was the noted mathematician Svetozar Kurepa.