Jean Przyluski (17 August 1885 – 28 October 1944) was a French

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and scholar of religion and Buddhism of Polish descent. His interests ranged widely through the structure of the

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, the development of Buddhist myths and legends, as well as

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folk traditions such as the

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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
Linguists from France 1885 births 1944 deaths 20th-century linguists French people of Polish descent {{France-linguist-stub