Dedov was born in 1869 in
Ohrid in the
Ottoman Empire (now
North Macedonia). He worked as a teacher there prior to working as a postal worker in
Berkovitsa and
Ruse, Bulgaria. In 1898, he moved to
Belgrade, where he began studying at the Faculty of Law (1898–1902). Dedov went to Sofia in 1903 and published the newspaper
Balkan. There he espoused
pro-Bulgarian views in his publications. However he also aided
Krste Petkov Misirkov in the printing of
On Macedonian Matters and created a branch of the Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society with him on 23 November, but it was disbanded by the Bulgarian police after two days. In 1904 he published the newspaper
Kurier (Courier). His son, Evtim Dedov was a prominent Bulgarian sports journalist, director of the
Levski sports newspaper and general secretary of the
"Levski" Sport Club. == References ==