Nikola Ikonomov (1820‒97) was a school teacher and literary figure in Bulgaria. He published poetry in the important Bulgarian newspaper Tsarigradski vestnik (Constantinople herald) and was the author of the first book in Bulgarian on agriculture, Zemledelie (Agriculture). The book was used as a textbook on the subject. Bulgaria was primarily an agricultural nation until well into the 20th century, but at the time the book was published, in 1853, no formal education in agriculture was available in the country. Published by the Royal Serbian Governmental Publishing House in ...
