Sava Tekelija
{{Short description|Serbian lawyer (1761–1842)}}
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Сава Текелија
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1761|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Arad, Habsburg monarchy (today Romania)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1842|10|7|1761|8|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Pest, Austrian Empire (today Hungary)
| occupation = Doctor of law, merchant, philanthropist
| nationality = Serbian
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Sava Tekelija ({{langx|sr|Сава Текелија}}) (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant.[http://www.istorijskabiblioteka.com/art:petar-tekelija#toc0 Историјска библиотека. Петар Текелија. Порекло], source in Serbian.
Life
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Born in Arad in the Habsburg monarchy (today in Romania) Tekelija studied at a Serb elementary school, went to a Buda Gymnasium, and studied law in Vienna and Budapest.{{Cite web |last=d.o.o |first=cubes |title=190 godina Matice srpske - Vreme |url=https://vreme.com/projekat/190-godina-matice-srpske/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=vreme.com/ |language=sr-RS}} He finished his studies in 1785, and became the first Serb doctor of law (doctor juris) a year later. He was elected lifetime president of Matica srpska in 1838.{{Cite web |last=Nadja |date=2021-08-30 |title=Matica srpska: Otkrijte malo poznate činjenice o istoriji najstarije srpske kulturne institucije |url=https://visitdistrikt.rs/2021/08/30/matica-srpska-zanimljive-cinjenice/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Visit Distrikt Novi Sad |language=sr-RS}} Tekelija was an outspoken opponent of the language reforms of Vuk Karadžić, which incorporated local dialects, and instead advocated to standardize the Serbian literary language by utilizing Slavonic-Serbian as a template, which he believed to be an elevated form of the language.{{cite book |last=Somerset |first=Fiona |last2=Watson |first2=Nicholas |date=2010 |title=Vulgar Tongue: Medieval and Postmedieval Vernacularity |url= |location= |publisher=Penn State Press |page=183 |isbn= 0271048131 |access-date=}}
See also
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Category:People from Arad, Romania
Category:Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Category:Serbian philanthropists
Category:18th-century Serbian lawyers