Đuro Daničić (1825–1882)
Born 1825 CE, died 1882 CE.
Đuro Daničić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђуро Даничић, pronounced [dʑǔːro dǎnit͡ʃit͡ɕ]; 4 April 1825 – 17 November 1882), born Đorđe Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Поповић) and also known as Đura Daničić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђура Даничић), was a Serbian philologist, translator, linguistic historian and lexicographer. He made significant contributions towards the establishment of the modern standard Serbo-Croatian language on the basis of the works of Vuk Karadžić.
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