Open AccessVladimir Corovic: The last polyhistor
Author(s) -
Radovan Samardžić
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc1445435s
Subject(s) - serbian , art history , field (mathematics) , history , classics , art , literature , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
This essay portrays Vladimir Ćorović (1885-1941), the distinguished Serbian historian of Herzegovinian origin, who made a distinct mark in the field with his prolific and wide-ranging writing. Given his vast array of interests, both in terms of topics and historical eras, Ćorović has been dubbed the last polyhistor, following in the footsteps of Stojan Novaković and other historians of similar calibre