Jean Przyluski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French linguist and scholar of religion
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Place of Birth: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
About Jean Przyluski
- Jean Przyluski (17 August 1885 in Le Mans – 28 October 1944) was a French linguist and scholar of religion and Buddhism of Polish descent.
- His interests ranged widely through the structure of the Vietnamese language, the development of Buddhist myths and legends, as well as Indo-European folk traditions such as the werewolf cult.
- In addition, he thought out general theories about the development of religion, which he presented in his magnum opus L'Evolution humaine (1942).
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