Jules Bloch
Jules Bloch · Philosophy & Social Sciences
French linguist specializing in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.
1880, Paris, France — 1953, France
Paris, France · India
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Bloch was a French linguist and Indologist who advanced the comparative study of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages of India, producing landmark works on Marathi's formation and on Dravidian grammatical structure. He held chairs at the École pratique des hautes études and the Collège de France. He was born in Paris to a Jewish family of Alsatian origin.
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French linguist specializing in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.
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