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Jan Aleksander Ludwik August Karłowicz (May 28, 1836 – June 14, 1903) was Polish ethnographer, musicologist, composer, linguist, folklorist, lexicographer, dialectologist, one of the first Lithuanianists.


Books

Most of his books are available online at the resource polona.pl.Search results for Jan Karłowicz
/ref> *O Żydzie wiecznym tułaczu (1873) *O języku litewskim (1875) *Piękna Meluzyna i królewna Wanda (1876) (Beautiful
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) *Słoworód ludowy (1878) *Przyczynek do zbioru przysłów, piosenek, ucinków i przypowieści od nazw rodowych i miejscowych (1879) *Przysłowia od nazwisk (1879) *O imieniu Polaków i Polski (1881) *Die Mythen, Sagen und Legenden der Zamaiten (1883, 2 volumes) *Chata polska (1884) *Systematyka pieśni ludu polskiego (1885) *Podania i bajki ludowe zebrane na Litwie (1887) *Imiona własne polskich miejsc i ludzi od zatrudnień (1887) *Słownik wyrazów obcego a mniej jasnego pochodzenia (1894–1905, 3 volumes) *Słownik gwar polskich (1900–1911, 6 volumes) (Dictionary of Polish Dialects) *Lud. Rys ludoznawstwa polskiego (1903)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlowicz, Jan 1836 births 1903 deaths Polish ethnographers Polish musicologists linguists from Poland Polish folklorists Polish composers Polish lexicographers Dialectologists Imperial Moscow University alumni Collège de France alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni