Milan Budimir

Philosopher, professor and distinguished researcher of classical philology. Budimir was born in Mrkonjic Grad and he was educated in Sarajevo and studied philology at the University of Vienna, where he received his PhD in 1920. He started his academic career in Belgrade in 1920 and went on to become one of the most recognisable academics in former Yugoslavia. The scientific opus of Budimir includes several hundreds of works, books, studies, treatises and articles. He researched history of classical languages old Balkan and Slavic languages, the history of religion as well as linguistics. He was a full member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Science.