Mita Rakić

Dimitrije "Mita" Rakić (15/27 October 1846 – 17 March 1890) was a Serbian writer, historian, politician, translator, philosopher, diplomat and economist.

[5] This incident became controversial after Videlo responded by publishing Rakić's account of the dismissal and the reprinting of Jovanovic liberal articles during the 1860s.

[5] He translated the works of major foreign writers, like Victor Hugo's Les Misérables;[6] Michał Czajkowski's Cossack Tales; John William Draper's History of the Intellectual Development of Europe;[7] and works by Ludwig Feuerbach.

He authored 100 books, including several novels, and published hundreds of studies, papers, monographs, and learned articles.

The Byzantine imperial city on the slopes of the Radan mountain in the municipality of Lebane was discovered because of Rakić's writings.