Claim: Matija Mesić, studied history and geography, became a full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, and warned others about the importance of modern university.
Evidence: In the period 1851–1853 he studied history and geography in Vienna and Prague. He was a full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1867. In the opening ceremony, on the October 19th 1874, he held his famous speech in which he warned on the importance of modern university.