Jiří Polívka (linguist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jiří Polívka (linguist)

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

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1858

Place of Birth: Enns, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1933

Profession: writer, pedagogue, university teacher, ethnographer, literary historian

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jirí 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.