/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000a0e198 rename

Sima Lozanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сима Лозанић) (1847-1935) was a Serbian chemist, president of the...

Sima Lozanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сима Лозанић) (1847-1935) was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the first rector of University of Belgrade, minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry and diplomat. Lozanić was born February 24, 1847 in Belgrade, Serbia. He completed legal studies in Belgrade, studied chemistry under Professor Johannes Wislicenius in Zurich and later with Professor August Wilhelm von Hofmann in Berlin. He earned his doctorate degree on March 19, 1870 at the University of Zurich. He was a professor at the "Great School" from 1872 and at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade until 1924. When the University of Belgrade was founded in 1905, he was among the first eight full-time professors who selected the entire remaining academic staff. Sima Lozanić was then chosen as the first rector of the university. His 1905 opening ceremony words remained recorded as the following: His chemistry classes paralleled, perhaps exceeded in some cases, those of the top European universities. They were organized with well-equipped laboratories and libraries, and produced some of the first chemistry textbooks. Lozanić himself wrote a