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 a 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 of Slavic Tales (1932) and studies about Slavic dialectology.^[1][2]

Jiří Polívka

Polívka is interred at the Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague.