Platon Atanacković (Sombor, Vojvodina, Habsburg monarchy, 10 July 1788 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 21 April 1867) was a writer, linguist, patron of Serb culture,[1] bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka and president of Matica srpska.

[2] Born in the then Austro-Hungarian-occupied Vojvodina, he became the bishop of Bačka and promoted education among his people in the diaspora and the home country.

With help of the German translation of Frédéric Eichhoff's works,[3] he demonstrated the cognition of Sanskrit and Serbian (Srodstvo slavenoserbskog jezika sa sanskritam or Affinity of Slavo-Serbian languages and Sanskrit, Letopis Matice srpske, 1843).

He helped financially to establish the Serbian Law Academy in Novi Sad,[6] and he established a foundation in Sombor for the education of poor students,[7] and assisted the Serbian National Theatre.

During his lifetime he wrote more than 40 literary and scholastic works, including a few translations from German: