Jan Louis Perkowski[1] (December 29, 1936, Perth Amboy, New Jersey[2] - died November 21, 2023[3] ) was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia.
Kashubians in Wilno, Ontario allegedly believe that "the only remedy against this kind of future vampirism was to extract the teeth from the infants.
The Kashubs also feared those born with a red caul, a piece of amniotic membrane that naturally surrounds an unborn baby in the womb.
He taught classes on Slavic languages, diachronic linguistics, the occult and vampires, and courses such as "How to be a Spy."
However, he was best known for teaching an undergraduate class called "Dracula", covering vampire mythology in western culture from ancient times to the present.