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Jiří Polívka

Czech ethnographer, linguist, literature historian, literary theorist, professor, publicist, university educator and science writer.

Born March 5th, 1858 in Enns. [ref]

Died March 21st, 1933 at 75 years old in Prague. [ref]

Occupations
ethnographer, folklorist, literary historian, pedagogue, slavicist, teacher, university teacher, writer
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