[2] He was born on 24 December 1807, in Novi Sad, to father Kosta, a priest and educator.
He attended the Serbian Orthodox High School in Novi Sad, where he finished the sixth grade.
He received his doctorate in Pest, defending his dissertation Dissertatio inauguralis medica de epilepsia, in 1830.
[3] After finishing his studies, he returned to Novi Sad, where he opened a private medical practice.
[5] On 7 July 1849 Dr. Marinković replaced Janko Šafarik as the Chair of Physics, a post he would hold until his death on 7 August 1859.
[8] Marinković laid the foundations of scientific terminology in the field of physics and chemistry in the Serbian language.