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Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815)

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Jan Potocki

Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian

Count Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
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March 8

Day of the year

March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 298 days remain until the end of the year.
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