Jiří Polívka (linguist)

Jiří Polívka (6 March 1858 in Enns – 21 March 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.[1][2]

Jiří Polívka

Polívka is interred at the Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague.

References
  1. "Jirí Polívka".
  2. "Jiří Polívka (1858–1933)".

Literature
  • HLÔŠKOVÁ, Hana – ZELENKOVÁ, Anna (Eds.): Slavista Jiří Polívka v kontexte literatúry a folklóru I.–II. Bratislava: Katedra etnológie a kultúrnej antropológie FF UK, Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, Ústav etnológie SAV; Brno: Česká asociace slavistů, Slavistická společnost Franka Wollmana v Brne, 2008. 248 p. ISBN 978-80-969992-0-0.
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