His grandfather was merchant in Novi Pazar who came to Belgrade in 1808 because of Ottoman anti-Serb actions during the First Serbian Uprising.

[2] Dimitrije Nešić completed his elementary and six-grade secondary education in Belgrade, and enrolled at Lyceum in 1853.

After receiving a scholarship, he continued his studies at the Technical College in Vienna and the Polytechnical School at Karlsruhe.

[3] Nešić authored most of the modern mathematics textbooks in Kingdom of Serbia and overall improved the quality of studies in the field.

[4] He was a rector of today's University of Belgrade on two terms and also president of the academy.