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Jan Michał Rozwadowski
1867–1935
A leading Polish linguist of the early 20th century, he helped shape the study of Indo-European and Slavic languages while teaching at the Jagiellonian University. He was also a major figure in Polish scholarly life, serving as president of the Polish Academy of Learning.
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Język Polski, 1920, nr 3 (maj/czerwiec)
by Kazimierz Nitsch, Jan Łoś, Jan Michał Rozwadowski
About the author
Born on December 7, 1867, in Czarna near Tarnów, Jan Michał Rozwadowski became one of Poland’s best-known linguists and philologists. He studied classical philology, later built his academic career in Kraków, and became a professor at the Jagiellonian University, where he taught comparative linguistics.
His research focused especially on Indo-European and Slavic languages, and he was known for broad, ambitious thinking about language history and development. Beyond his own scholarship, he played an important public role in academic life and went on to serve as president of the Polish Academy of Learning.
Rozwadowski died in Warsaw in March 1935. He is remembered as an influential scholar whose work and teaching left a lasting mark on Polish linguistics.