Radimir was born in the village of Dobrota in the Bay of Kotor, at the time part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, to father Vjekoslav and mother Zorka née.

He attended Gymnasium in Kotor, at the time under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and later enrolled at University in Prague and Vienna.

As World War I ended in 1918 and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created, he served as a forestry engineer in Ilidža near Sarajevo.

After World War II he wrote and published many papers on the utilization of forestry by-products, especially resins.

In 1962 Radimir was awarded a gold certificate at the College for soil culture in Vienna at the 50th anniversary of his graduation (1912 to 1962).