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Mijat Stojanović

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Mijat Stojanović

Mijat Stojanović (26 September 1818 – 18 September 1881[1]) was a Croatian educator, ethnographer and folk writer.

Mijat Stojanović was born in Babina Greda, a municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in Croatia in 1818, and died in Zagreb in 1881.[1] He was politically engaged, and fought against the dualist monarchy which was at the expense of Yugoslav people. He stood for co-operation of South Slavic peoples and the advanced ideas.

Elementary school in Babina Greda bears his name.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Milorad Živančević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 510.
  2. ^ "Osnovna škola "Mijat Stojanović" Babina Greda - Naslovnica". Os-mstojanovic-babinagreda.skole.hr. Retrieved 2009-03-31.