St Andrews Day Assembly
Jevrem Grujić became a member of what organization or association in 1855?
Jevrem Grujić Jevrem Grujić ( ) ; ( Darosava , November 8 , 1827 – Belgrade , September 15 , 1895 ) was a Serbian lawyer , politician and diplomat in the mid to late 19th Century . Grujić was active at the highest levels of Serbian politics , contributing to the creation of new laws and a member of multiple cabinets . As a prominent ideologue of Serbian liberalism and member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts , he was frequently in conflict with the absolutist regime of Prince Mihailo Obrenović . Imprisoned a number of times during his career , popular support resulted in Grujićs release . Early life and postgraduate studies . Jevrem Grujić was born on 23 July 1826 in the village of Darosava near Arandjelovac in a patriarchal peasant family . His father was a merchant and high ranking state official . His ancestors , originally from Montenegro , had moved to Serbia in the 17th century and founded a village of the same name . The founder of the Grujić family , Grujića Šestanović , was a participant in both Serbian insurrections and a deputy to the popular assembly that met during the first reign of Prince Miloš Obrenović . Following his graduation from the Gymnasium Grujić enrolled in the Lyceum in Belgrade in 1846 . In 1847 Jevrem Grujić with other Lyceum students founded the Society of Serbian Youth ( ) , which was inspired by the Burschenschaften . In , the almanac of Družina , Jevrem Grujić published an article titled : “Horizon of the State” ( ) . The article then became the statement of Serbian liberalism that Grujics generation would eventually accept and adopt . Grujić pointed out that the role of a country was to provide the people with happiness and wellbeing . He criticised the church , praised schools and education , expressed his faith in progress , and scorned the current atmosphere in Serbia . For him Serbs did not have outer or inner freedom since Serbia was still a vassal of the Ottoman Empire moreover it was deprived of any type of constitutional rights . The goals of his platform was the liberation of the Serbian people from foreign government , and the improvement of relations with other Slavs . Jevrem Grujić finished his text with the exclamation : “Long live an independent , legal , and in time , free state of Serbia . In 1849 he was granted a government scholarship and proceeded to study law at two prestigious European universities : Heideberg and the Sorbonne . In 1850 he moved to Paris to continue his studies , in France he published a book , , that so enraged the Serbian authorities that they cancelled his stipend . He finished law school in 1854 and returned to Belgrade . He was one of the young liberal Parisians as were called those who had studied in France and were influenced by political doctrines of French provenance . In 1858 , with Ranko Alimpić , Jovan Ilić , and others liberal students of the lyceum , Grujić organized a Liberal Club where they advocated for national liberation and independence , freedom of the press , religion and education and professed the goal of modernising the Serb State economically and politically . Grujić joined the civil service , quickly progressing through the ranks . Political career . Jevrem Grujić was a central figure of the St Andrews Day Assembly ( ) held in 1858 which later overthrew Prince Alexander Karađorđević . This marked his entry into politics and later on he was instrumental in passing Serbias first law on the Assembly . A founding member of the Liberal Party he served as its leader from 1868 to 1878 . He served as minister in several Serbian governments and as head of Serbias diplomatic missions in Constantinople , London and Paris . His outspoken liberalism , however , brought him harassment and also imprisonment . During the so-called demise of the High Court , he was one of the five High Court judges ( along with Jovan Filipović , Jovan Mičić , Marinko Radovanović , and Jovan Nikolić ) who were sentenced to three years in prison and two years of deprivation of civil rights for discharging those associated with the Majstorović conspiracy . He was arrested at the beginning of July 1864 and released at the beginning of September 1865 after one year spent in the Karanovac prison , when Prince Mihailo Obrenović , under the strong pressure of the public opinion , pardoned him . In 1876 Grujić became Minister of Justice in the Second Government of Stevča Mihailović . In 1877 , he was presented with the highest honour of his time , the Order of the Cross of Takovo 1st Class , and in 1892 , towards the end of his diplomatic and political career , with the Order of the White Eagle 2nd Class while he was Serbian ambassador in Paris . Jevrem Grujić died in Belgrade in 1895 , His memoirs were published in three volumes by the Royal Serbian Academy in 1922–23 . Family and legacy . Jevrem and his wife Jelena had a son : Dr Slavko Grujić who received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris , was Serbian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs then a diplomat in Athens , Petrograd , ambassador in Washington and London where he died . He was married to American Mable Dunlop Grujić . She raised money and helped set up several aid funds for the Serbian soldiers fighting on the Salonika Front . It was through the effort of Slavko and Mabel Grujić that the Belgrade University Library “Svetozar Marković” was built when Carnegie Endowment for International Peace agreed to approve a $100,000 gift to the Serbian government to build a Carnegie library in Belgrade . For its remarkable cultural , historical , architectural and townscape value , Jevrem Grujićs House , an imposing single-story family villa , built-in neo-Renaissance style in 1896 , was designated a cultural property in 1961 , and a cultural property of great importance to the Republic of Serbia in 1979 . Published works . - ( 1853 ) - ( Memories ) ( 1864 ) - ( Writings ) 3 vols. , ( 1922–1923 ) Further reading . - Srpski liberalizam u XIX veku” . Zbornik Matice srpske za istoriju 67/68 ( 2003 ) , Branko Bešlin , 59–104 . - “Francuski uticaji u Srbiji 1835-1914 : Četiri generacije Parizlija” . Zbornik Matice srpske za istoriju 56 ( 1997 ) , 73–95 . - Jevrem Grujić , Zapisi Jevrema Grujića . Pred Svetoandrejsku skupštinu vol . I , ( Belgrade : Srpska kraljevska akademija , 1922 ) , pp . 130–131 . - Government of Serbia : 1805-2005 Radoš Ljušić , 596 pages . . , Published by the Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Resources , Belgrade , 2005 . COBISS.SR 124721676 External links . - Les premiers libéraux de Serbie : le cercle des “Parisiens” ( in French )