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Vojislav Korać

Serbian historian (1924-2010)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ16082511 ↗
Source-derived summary

Vojislav Korać (1924–2010) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian, university professor and academic. An ethnic Serb, he was born in Debelo Brdo in Udbina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

Selected works

Ђурић, Војислав Ј.; Ћирковић, Сима; Кораћ, Војислав (1990). Пећка патријаршија. Београд-Приштина: Југословенска ревија, Јединство. ISBN 9788674130575.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Vojislav Korać” as serbian historian (1924-2010). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vojislav, Korać and Serbian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1924, 2010, 1990—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1924-06-06, 1924—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vojislav, Korać and Serbian providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Vojislav Korać”, the useful work is to connect “serbian historian (1924-2010)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16082511. VIAF identifies the subject as 79064076. The Library of Congress control number is n87912566. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924, 2010 and 1990.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vojislav Korać” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.