Владимир Јакшић : (1824–1899)
Abstract
Vladimir Jakšić (1824–1899) was born in Kragujevac, the capital of
Serbia from 1818 to 1842. He was the son of Jakov Popović Jakšić Pancirlija
(1774–1848), an Austrian offi cer who trained Serbian soldiers as a master of
military drill during the First Serbian Uprising but also participated in the
battles of the uprising. During the fi rst government of Prince Miloš Obrenović,
Jakov Jakšić was the head of the Treasury and later the inspector of the
Principality Typography. He also carried out the fi rst fi nancial reform in Serbia,
splitting the state and the prince’s money.
Vladimir Jakšić returned to Serbia in 1847 from his education in Europe.
In the beginning he was working as an offi cer-volunteer in the Ministry of
Finance, and in 1848 he became a bookkeeper. In the period from 1852 to 1862
he was a professor of the Lyceum in Belgrade, where he taught national
economy, fi nance, statistics and commercial law. Aft er his professorial career at
Lyceum, he returned to t...he Ministry of Finance in 1862, where he retired in
1888.
Jakšić compiled statistical surveys of Serbian regions and edited the
“Serbian State Statistical Abstract”. He was a member of the International
Statistical Institute, so he was getting informed from the most appropriate
places about the latest world trends in statistics. On the basis of his professional
work, Vladimir Jakšić was elected in 1850 a regular member of the Society of
Serbian Letters. Th e Society ceased to exist in 1863. When the Serbian Learned
Society was founded in 1864, Jakšić became its regular member.
On the property of the Jakšić family in the western part of Belgrade,
today at Kralja Vukašina Street 8, which was outside the city borders at that
time, a summer house was built into which the family later moved from
Karadjordjeva street. Vladimir Jakšić became acquainted with the signifi cance
of meteorology during his education abroad. Immediately upon his return to
Belgrade, he began his fi rst meteorological measurements on January 1, 1848
in the backyard of his house, only three weeks before his father’s death.
Th e most intensive work in the meteorological activity of Vladimir Jakšić
was from 1852 to 1862, which coincided with the period when he was teaching
at the Lyceum. During his ten-month study visit in 1855 to France, Italy,
Belgium, Germany, and Austria, he became familiar with the work of the
meteorological services of these countries. Based on their experiences and in
consultation with experts, he decided to set up 20 stations in Serbia and to
order the most modern instruments from the Vienna Central Meteorological
Bureau. In this way, he was able to organize the planned meteorological
observations and fi ll the void of meteorological data in the Balkans. Th us, in
Владимир Јакшић 45
the middle of the 19th century, the fi rst network of meteorological stations in
the area was formed.
Vladimir Jakšić wrote reports on the state of meteorology in Serbia and
published them in 1851, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1863, and 1869, and based on
them, the development of this activity can be followed. For the fi rst time in a
report for 1856, he mentions that measurements started also outside Belgrade.
He praised his collaborators who, in addition to their regular jobs such as
mining surveyor, doctor, telegraphist, and teacher “found strengths to
conscientiously conduct meteorological observations or, in case of being
prevented, provided adequate reliable substitutes”. He regarded them as the
most honorable and greatest patriots of the society for passionately engaging
in an area they had little knowledge of, some of them having never seen
meteorological instruments before.
It can be said that it was Vladimir Jakšić who introduced meteorology
into the small and just liberated Serbia. He presented the meteorological results
by publishing them in reports in Serbian and German, with the desire to “raise
Serbia in the eyes of the civilized Europe”. He was interested in studying the
correlation between meteorological and other parameters in the fi elds of
agriculture, health, birthrate, etc. At the VI International Statistical Congress
held from September 19 to October 5, 1867 in Florence, then (1865–1871) the
capital of Italy, Jakšić presented, in French language, a report on what is being
statistically processed in Serbia and cited, as the fi rst item, the meteorological
observations.
During the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical and
Meteorological Observatory in Belgrade in 1987, a memorial plaque was
uncovered on the facade of the Meteorological Observatory. It honored the
founders of meteorological activity in Serbia, including Vladimir Jakšić.
On the same occasion, the Museum Collection of the Astronomical and
Meteorological Observatory was opened. In a separate display case, a history
of meteorological measurements in Serbia was presented, as it was started by
Vladimir Jakšić. In addition, several of his original meteorological observation
diaries in Belgrade are on display. On the map of the Principality of Serbia from
1845, meteorological stations that worked several years later were marked.
Th e weather station, in the backyard of the Jakšić family house in
Belgrade in the Senjak area, was restored in 1999, with observations conducted
by the descendants of Vladimir Jakšić. In addition to the meteorological
instruments shelter, there is a memorial plaque with inscription:
“At this place, on January 1, 1848, Vladimir Jakšić, Professor of the
Lyceum, began meteorological measurements in Serbia. Memorial plaque, as a
token of remembrance and gratitude on the occasion of 150 years of
meteorology in Serbia, is erected by the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute
of Serbia. August 28, 1999 on the day of the centenary of the death of Vladimir
J. Jakšić, RHMZ Serbia.”
Keywords:
Vladimir Jakšić / Serbian scientists / biography / bibliography / meteorologistSource:
Живот и дело српских научника, 2020, 9-44Publisher:
- Београд : Српска академија наука и уметности
Note:
- Биографије и библиографије / Српска академија наука и уметности ; књ.17. II Одељење, Одбор за проучавање живота и рада научника у Србији и научника српског порекла ; књ. 17
Institution/Community
Cрпска академија наука и уметности / Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsTY - CHAP AU - Јанц, Наталија PY - 2020 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/10295 AB - Vladimir Jakšić (1824–1899) was born in Kragujevac, the capital of Serbia from 1818 to 1842. He was the son of Jakov Popović Jakšić Pancirlija (1774–1848), an Austrian offi cer who trained Serbian soldiers as a master of military drill during the First Serbian Uprising but also participated in the battles of the uprising. During the fi rst government of Prince Miloš Obrenović, Jakov Jakšić was the head of the Treasury and later the inspector of the Principality Typography. He also carried out the fi rst fi nancial reform in Serbia, splitting the state and the prince’s money. Vladimir Jakšić returned to Serbia in 1847 from his education in Europe. In the beginning he was working as an offi cer-volunteer in the Ministry of Finance, and in 1848 he became a bookkeeper. In the period from 1852 to 1862 he was a professor of the Lyceum in Belgrade, where he taught national economy, fi nance, statistics and commercial law. Aft er his professorial career at Lyceum, he returned to the Ministry of Finance in 1862, where he retired in 1888. Jakšić compiled statistical surveys of Serbian regions and edited the “Serbian State Statistical Abstract”. He was a member of the International Statistical Institute, so he was getting informed from the most appropriate places about the latest world trends in statistics. On the basis of his professional work, Vladimir Jakšić was elected in 1850 a regular member of the Society of Serbian Letters. Th e Society ceased to exist in 1863. When the Serbian Learned Society was founded in 1864, Jakšić became its regular member. On the property of the Jakšić family in the western part of Belgrade, today at Kralja Vukašina Street 8, which was outside the city borders at that time, a summer house was built into which the family later moved from Karadjordjeva street. Vladimir Jakšić became acquainted with the signifi cance of meteorology during his education abroad. Immediately upon his return to Belgrade, he began his fi rst meteorological measurements on January 1, 1848 in the backyard of his house, only three weeks before his father’s death. Th e most intensive work in the meteorological activity of Vladimir Jakšić was from 1852 to 1862, which coincided with the period when he was teaching at the Lyceum. During his ten-month study visit in 1855 to France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Austria, he became familiar with the work of the meteorological services of these countries. Based on their experiences and in consultation with experts, he decided to set up 20 stations in Serbia and to order the most modern instruments from the Vienna Central Meteorological Bureau. In this way, he was able to organize the planned meteorological observations and fi ll the void of meteorological data in the Balkans. Th us, in Владимир Јакшић 45 the middle of the 19th century, the fi rst network of meteorological stations in the area was formed. Vladimir Jakšić wrote reports on the state of meteorology in Serbia and published them in 1851, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1863, and 1869, and based on them, the development of this activity can be followed. For the fi rst time in a report for 1856, he mentions that measurements started also outside Belgrade. He praised his collaborators who, in addition to their regular jobs such as mining surveyor, doctor, telegraphist, and teacher “found strengths to conscientiously conduct meteorological observations or, in case of being prevented, provided adequate reliable substitutes”. He regarded them as the most honorable and greatest patriots of the society for passionately engaging in an area they had little knowledge of, some of them having never seen meteorological instruments before. It can be said that it was Vladimir Jakšić who introduced meteorology into the small and just liberated Serbia. He presented the meteorological results by publishing them in reports in Serbian and German, with the desire to “raise Serbia in the eyes of the civilized Europe”. He was interested in studying the correlation between meteorological and other parameters in the fi elds of agriculture, health, birthrate, etc. At the VI International Statistical Congress held from September 19 to October 5, 1867 in Florence, then (1865–1871) the capital of Italy, Jakšić presented, in French language, a report on what is being statistically processed in Serbia and cited, as the fi rst item, the meteorological observations. During the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory in Belgrade in 1987, a memorial plaque was uncovered on the facade of the Meteorological Observatory. It honored the founders of meteorological activity in Serbia, including Vladimir Jakšić. On the same occasion, the Museum Collection of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory was opened. In a separate display case, a history of meteorological measurements in Serbia was presented, as it was started by Vladimir Jakšić. In addition, several of his original meteorological observation diaries in Belgrade are on display. On the map of the Principality of Serbia from 1845, meteorological stations that worked several years later were marked. Th e weather station, in the backyard of the Jakšić family house in Belgrade in the Senjak area, was restored in 1999, with observations conducted by the descendants of Vladimir Jakšić. In addition to the meteorological instruments shelter, there is a memorial plaque with inscription: “At this place, on January 1, 1848, Vladimir Jakšić, Professor of the Lyceum, began meteorological measurements in Serbia. Memorial plaque, as a token of remembrance and gratitude on the occasion of 150 years of meteorology in Serbia, is erected by the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute of Serbia. August 28, 1999 on the day of the centenary of the death of Vladimir J. Jakšić, RHMZ Serbia.” PB - Београд : Српска академија наука и уметности T2 - Живот и дело српских научника T1 - Владимир Јакшић : (1824–1899) SP - 9 EP - 44 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10295 ER -
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He presented the meteorological results by publishing them in reports in Serbian and German, with the desire to “raise Serbia in the eyes of the civilized Europe”. He was interested in studying the correlation between meteorological and other parameters in the fi elds of agriculture, health, birthrate, etc. At the VI International Statistical Congress held from September 19 to October 5, 1867 in Florence, then (1865–1871) the capital of Italy, Jakšić presented, in French language, a report on what is being statistically processed in Serbia and cited, as the fi rst item, the meteorological observations. During the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory in Belgrade in 1987, a memorial plaque was uncovered on the facade of the Meteorological Observatory. It honored the founders of meteorological activity in Serbia, including Vladimir Jakšić. 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