Jan Michał Rozwadowski

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Jan Michał Rozwadowski

1867–1935

A leading Polish linguist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he helped shape the study of Indo-European and Slavic languages while building a long academic career in Kraków. He was also known as a university professor and as president of the Polish Academy of Learning.

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Język Polski, 1920, nr 3 (maj/czerwiec)

Język Polski, 1920, nr 3 (maj/czerwiec)

by Kazimierz Nitsch, Jan Łoś, Jan Michał Rozwadowski

About the author

Born in 1867, Jan Michał Rozwadowski became one of Poland’s best-known linguists. He taught at the Jagiellonian University and was especially associated with comparative linguistics, including Indo-European and Slavic studies.

Beyond his university work, he served as president of the Polish Academy of Learning, a sign of the high regard he earned in Polish intellectual life. Sources also note that he published some literary work under a pseudonym, showing interests that reached beyond strictly academic writing.

He died in 1935, but his name remains tied to the development of modern Polish linguistics and scholarship. For listeners interested in older academic and cultural history, he stands out as a scholar who helped connect Polish research with wider European language studies.