Miroslav marcovich heraclitus biography

Serbian-American philologist and professor (1919–2001)

Miroslav Marcovich (March 18, 1919 – June 14, 2001) was a Serbian-Americanphilologist and university professor.^[1][2]

Early life

Marcovich was born in Belgrade, Serbia.

He studied at the University of BelgradeFaculty of Philosophy graduating in 1942.

Miroslav marcovich heraclitus biography

In 1943, he served as the assistant to George Ostrogorsky, an expert in Byzantine studies. He fought with the Yugoslav Partisans under Josip Broz Tito during World War 2 between 1944 and 1946. In 1953, he traveled to India where he began working at Visva-Bharati University.^[1][2]

Career

In 1955, he moved to Mérida and worked as a professor of Ancient Greek and philosophy from 1955 to 1962 at the University of the Andes, Venezuela.

In 1962, he taught at the University of Bonn invited by Hans Herter. Between 1963 and 1968, he taught at the University of Cambridge. When classical scholar and paleographer Ale