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===Petar Pavlović (geologist)===

'''Petar Pavlović''' ([[Požarevac]], [[Serbia]], 28 June 1864 - [[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], 5 August 1938) was a Serbian geologist, also a member of the [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]], lecturer at the [[Grandes écoles]] and a long-time director of the [[Museum of Natural History, Belgrade]].

==Biography==

Petar Pavlović was born in Požarevac to Colonel Stojko Pavlović and Jelena "Lena" Lunjevica, daughter of [[Nikola Lunjevica]], the Serbian revolutionary leader. After graduating from Belgrade's [[Grandes écoles]], he went abroad to pursue further studies in [[geology]]. Upon his return to [[Serbia]] he was offered the post of director of the Museum of Natural History.

==Legacy==

It could well be said that the museum was his life's work, after all, he had spent three decades as its manager. Pavlović studied [[Tertiary period]] in Serbia and wrote some 200 scientific papers. He described to genuses (Beogradica and Odonthohydrobia) and 150 species of [[mollusca]] which had been unknown to science. Apart from his scientific work, he was dedicated to educating young scientists. He was a member of a board which prepared the first Law of Museums in the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (as the country was called at the time). This Law of Museums was passed in 1925. During his tenure, the museum expanded its collection funds through organized field collection trips and gifts from donors. In the course of the First World War, many collections were damaged or destroyed, and many unique objects of scientific and historical value were lost. In the aftermath of the war, the museum attempted to mitigate the effects of destruction, and create conditions for the work to be continued. Despite many difficulties, success followed in the domain of scientific work, and a number of scientific papers were published in international journals. The museum was also active in organizing field research and collection trips throughout Serbia and Macedonia.At this time, the museum had an important role in educating university and high school students, which was achieved by organizing their scientific excursions and equipping school laboratories and libraries, all though Pavlović's initiative.

==References==

Translated from Serbian Wikipedia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B_(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3)

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts: https://www.sanu.ac.rs/english/Clanstvo/IstClan.aspx?arg=400,