Ilarion Ruvarac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ilarion Ruvarac

Serbian historian

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1832

Place of Birth: Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1905

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ilarion (Jovan) Ruvarac (Serbian: ??????? ???????; Sremska Mitrovica, September 1, 1832 — Grgeteg, August 8, 1905) was a Serbian historian and Orthodox priest, a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (first Serbian Learned Society and Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences).
Ruvarac introduced the critical methods into Serbian historiography.
He was archimandrite of Grgeteg monastery.
His three brothers were all distinguished—the eldest, Lazar Ruvarac, as a high government official; the second, Kosta Ruvarac (1837–1864), as a writer and literary critic; and the youngest, Dimitrije Ruvarac, as a historian, Orthodox clergyman, politician and one of the most active publishers of his time.