Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa
Polish scientist, university lecturer,anthropologist,ethnographer (1885-1967)
Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, or Cezaria Anna Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz-Jędrzejewiczowa, (1885–1967) was a Polish scientist, art historian, and anthropologist. She was one of the pioneers of ethnology in Poland and one of the first scientists to adopt phenomenology in studies of folk culture.
Life
She was born on 2 August 1885 in Dorpat (modern Tartu, Estonia), to Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay, a noted linguist, and his second wife Romualda Baudouin de Courtenay née Bagnicka, a journalist and historian.
In 1911, she was one of the first women to obtain a first degree diploma from the Saint Petersburg Imperial University, based on her thesis „Język modlitewnika maryjnego, wieku XVI wydanego przez prof. Ptaszyckiego”, ("The language of the Saint Mary prayer book, from 16th century, published by prof. Ptaszycki ") written under the supervision of prof. Tadeusz Zieliński. During her studies, she founded (together with Zofia Sadowska, Stanisława Adamowiczowa and Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna) the Association of Polish Women "Spójnia", associating women studying at St. Petersburg universities. During this time she published two linguistic works: „Ałbanja i Ałbańcy” and „Kamień Latyr i Gorod Ałtyr”.
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