Pantelija Srećković (Serbian Cyrillic: Пантелија Срећковић; 3 November 1834 – 8 July 1903), also known as Panta Srećković (Панта Срећковић) was a Serbian historian and academician, the dean of the Grandes écoles (Velika Škola) in 1884–85, and again in 1890.
His paternal grandfather, Srećko Stefanović, was a participant in the Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1788-1792) and during the First Serbian Uprising led 1,000 soldiers (as binbashi) in Lepenica.
Panta Srećković attended grammar school at Malo Krčmare in the Rača region (Šumadija District), the Gymnasium at Drača, School of Theology in Belgrade's Bogoslovija and post-graduate studies at the famed Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary.
[2][3] He entered into conflict with another contemporary historian Ilarion Ruvarac[4] and followers of Positivism, critical historiography, and came out almost completely forgotten [5] for a time, but now his work has gained great acclaim.
He was a Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Member of Parliament, Academician from 1886, Rector of the Grandes écoles, Pirot District Mayor in 1878.