Jovan Rajić

Jovan Rajić was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century.
He was one of the most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature along with Zaharije Orfelin, Pavle Julinac, Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš, Simeon Končarević, Simeon Piščević, and others.
Rajić was the forerunner to modern Serbian historiography, and has been compared to the importance of Nikolay Karamzin to Russian historiography.

Notable works

Pesni različnina gospodskih prazniki
Kant o vospominaniju smrti, cantata
Boj zmaja s orlovi, epic poem
Istorija raznih slovenskih narodov, najpače Bolgar, Horvatov i Serbov, the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs, in four volumes
Serbian Catechesis
''Uroš V''