Pavle Vujević
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Pavle Vujevic was a Serbian geographer and meteorologist, professor of climatology, meteorology, and mathematical geography at the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

. He was a founder of the science of microclimatology, and one of the first in the science of potamology (the study of rivers).

He is famous for his book Basis of Mathematical and Physical Geography. He wrote a monogram about the island of Hvar
Hvar
- Climate :The climate of Hvar is characterized by mild winters and warm summers. The yearly average air temperature is , 686 mm of precipitation fall on the town of Hvar on average every year and the town has a total of 2800 sunshine hours per year. For comparison Hvar has an average of 7.7...

, and proved that Hvar a is better place for healing than many resorts on the Mediterranean Sea.

Pavle Vujevic was a good friend with Milutin Milanković
Milutin Milankovic
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, best known for his theory of ice ages, suggesting a relationship between Earth's long-term climate changes and periodic changes in its orbit, now known as Milankovitch cycles. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global...

, noted for his research into climate cycles. When Milanković wanted to start his research in meteorology, he asked Vujevic about some scientific work which includes a lot of mathematical estimates.
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