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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">Atanasije Nikolić belongs to the intelectual elite of the cultural Serbian history of the XIX century. Many authorities are assembled in his personality. The insufficiency of adequate personnel in the epoch which had not so many experts at disposal, has imposed to the chosen ones to carry out the burden of the arrangement of the Society and its Institutions. Among them was Atanasije Nikolić. His interest in the foundation of the National Library and the recognition of its functions in the period from 1838 to 1844, have influenced a lot to submit this important issue to the Society of Serbian Slave Consciuosness. In the newest book, the autobiography of Atanasije Nikolić, Biography – written loyally with my own hand, besides the most important events, has been notified the attempt to solve the basic issues of this important cultural institution in proper way.</abstract>
