Jiří Polívka (linguist)
(1858-1933)
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Jiří Polívka (March 6, 1858 – March 21, 1933, in Prague) was a Czech linguist, slavist, literary historian and folklorist. He was a disciple of Jan Gebauer. In 1895 he was appointed professor at Charles University in Prague. He became a corresponding member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts and corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1901). He was a supporter of Theodor Benfey’s migration theory. His major work was the collection Slavic Tales (1932) and studies about Slavic dialectology.
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21 March 1933 (aged 75)
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