George Melville Bolling (April 13, 1871 – June 1, 1963) was an American linguist. Bolling was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Loyola College. In 1895 he became professor of Greek, and associate professor of comparative philology and Sanskrit at Catholic University. In 1897 he received his doctorate from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

."Bolling, George Melville", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers'', New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 16
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as professor of Greek Languages and Literature. He was one of the signers of the call that led to the foundation of the

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, and served as its president in 1931. From 1925–1931 he was the editor of the Society's academic journal, ''

Language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

''.He was a member of the American Philological Association, American Oriental Society, and the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a contributor to the ''American Journal of Philology'', the ''American Oriental Society Journal'', the ''Trans-American Philological Association Bulletin'', the ''Catholic University Bulletin'', and the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''.

Publications

* Bolling, George Melville. ''The External Evidence for Interpolation in Homer''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.

References

* 1871 births 1963 deaths Linguists from the United States Ohio State University faculty Johns Hopkins University alumni People from Baltimore Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia Loyola University Maryland alumni Linguistic Society of America presidents {{linguist-stub