Jovan Stejić (Stari Arad, Habsburg monarchy, 1803 – Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 23 November 1853[1]) was a Serbian writer, philologist, critic of Vuk Karadžić's reform and medical doctor.[2][3][4]
Jovan Stejić is the first Serb Doctor of Medicine who came to work in Principality of Serbia.[5] He was Prince Miloš Obrenović's personal physician, founder of the Serbian Civil Medical Corps, one of the founders of the Society of Serbian Letters (later the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts), and the author of many scientific and literary works and publications.[6] Upon his arrival organized civil health service in Serbia started to function.[7]
He often collaborated in the "Gazette" of Society of Serbian Letters and was its editor at one time. He was also a newspaper medical editor for Dnevnik and the Serbian National Journal.
He also translated parts of Lucian of Samosata, August von Kotzebue, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and some of Rabnera's brilliant German satires. He read Sir Walter Scott and recommended him to dramatist Joakim Vujić and novelist Milovan Vidaković.
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