Toma Smiljanić-Bradina

[1] Smiljanić was born in Tresonče to an old and distinguished family, the Bradinovci, who took its name after his great-grandfather Sardžo Karadža Bradina, a village leader at the beginning of the 19th century.

[2] At the start of the First Balkans War, Smiljanić left the faculty to join the volunteer unit of Vojvoda Vuk in which he remained for the next four years, fighting with distinction in several battles.

After the retreat of the Serbian army to Corfu as a promising student he was sent off to Clermont-Ferrand, France where he studied and graduated geography and history.

He continued with his scientific research until his death, collaborating with Serbian and Macedonian academy of sciences and arts.

[3] Most of his scientific work was directed to studying of his native Mijaci clan, their customs, lands, famous persons.