Dimitrije Ruvarac

{{Short description|Serbian historian, priest and academic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac

| image = Dimitrije Ruvarac.jpg

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| caption =

| birth_name = Dimitrije Ruvarac

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1842|10|25}}

| birth_place = Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|12|16|1842|10|25}}

| death_place = Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| nationality = Serbian

| other_names = Mita

| known_for = one of the most active publishers of his time

| occupation = historian, publisher and priest

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Dimitrije "Mita" Ruvarac ({{langx|sr|Димитрије Руварац}}; Stari Banovci, Austria Hungary October 25, 1842 – Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia December 16, 1931) was a Serbian historian, Orthodox priest, academic{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/IstClan.aspx?arg=502,|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014445/http://www.sanu.ac.rs/Clanstvo/IstClan.aspx?arg=502,|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-05|title=Члан САНУ|date=2016-03-05|access-date=2020-01-13}} and publisher.{{Cite web|url=http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1056/tekst/dimitrije-ruvarac-1842-1931-istoricar-i-bibliotekar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919084250/http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1056/tekst/dimitrije-ruvarac-1842-1931-istoricar-i-bibliotekar/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-19|title=Димитрије Руварац (1842-1931) – историчар и библиотекар - Православље - НОВИНЕ СРПСКЕ ПАТРИЈАРШИЈЕ|date=2013-09-19|access-date=2020-01-13}} He is known for being one of the most active publishers of his time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poreklo.rs/2012/12/16/na-dana%c5%a1nji-dan-umro-istori%c4%8dar-dimitrije-ruvarac/|title=На данашњи дан: Умро историчар Димитрије Руварац|date=2012-12-16|website=Порекло|language=sr-RS|access-date=2020-01-13}} Ruvarac's family immigrated to Syrmia in Austria-Hungary, today in Serbia, from the region between Bihać and Cazin, nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Ottoman Empire.{{cite web|last=Pilipović|first=Radovan|title=Pisci srpske crkvene istorije Dimitrije Ruvarac (1842-1931) – istoričar i bibliotekar|url=http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1056/tekst/dimitrije-ruvarac-1842-1931-istoricar-i-bibliotekar/print/lat|publisher=Pravoslavlje, novne srpske patrijaršije|accessdate=23 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825015415/http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/1056/tekst/dimitrije-ruvarac-1842-1931-istoricar-i-bibliotekar/print/lat|archivedate=25 August 2011}} German historian Leopold von Ranke was among the scholars who influenced Dimitrije Ruvarac the most.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}