Jean Przyluski

Jean Przyluski
Born	(1885-08-17)17 August 1885 Le Mans
Died	28 October 1944(1944-10-28) (aged 59)
Occupation	French linguist and scholar of religion

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).

Bibliography

Renou, Louis. "Jean Przyluski (1885-1944)". In École pratique des hautes études: Section des sciences historiques et philologiques 77 (1946): 5-7

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9978727 LCCN: n86126975 ISNI: 0000 0001 2099 0484 GND: 1055299807 SUDOC: 032612044 BNF: cb12955614k (data)

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