Dimitrije Milaković

A philologist, historian, researcher, educator and editor of the first Montenegrin magazine Grlica for its entire publishing period of (1835-1839). Milaković was born in Mostar and was schooled in Dubrovnik and Novi Sad. He graduated in philosophy in Pest (today: Budapest) and law in Vienna. He wrote the first school textbooks "Serbian Primer for Teaching Young People Ecclesiastical and Civic Reading" in 1836 and "Serbian Grammar Compiled for the Montenegrin Youth. Part One" in 1838. Compiling his long research work, he also published an important book titled “History of Montenegro” in 1856. He served as the personal secretary of Prince-Bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš from 1831 until his death in 1851.