Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (born 1787)

Vuk Karadžić

Serbian philologist and linguist (1787–1864)

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the modern Serbian language. For his collection and preservation of Serbian folktales, Encyclopædia Britannica labelled Karadžić "the father of Serbian…