Jules Bloch (May 1, 1880 in

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– November 29, 1953) was a French

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who studied Indian languages, and was also interested in languages in their cultural and social contexts. Doctor of Letters in 1914, he was director of studies at the

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from 1919 to 1951, professor at the

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from 1921 to 1937 and professor of

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and literature at the

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in 1937 to 1941 and from 1944 to 1951.

Bibliography

*Jules Bloch, ''La formation de la langue marathe'' (''The Formation of the Marathi Language''), thesis, (1914/1920), Prix Volney. *Jules Bloch, ''La Structure Grammaticale des Langues Dravidiennes'', Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris, 1946. *Jules Bloch, 1954, ''The Grammatical Structure of Dravidian Languages'', Authorised Translation from the original French by Ramkrishna Ganesh Harshé, Deccan College Hand-Book Series,

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. *Jules Bloch, "Application de la cartographie à l'Histoire de l'Indo-Aryen", (Application of Cartography in Indo-Aryan History), work published posthumously by C. Caillat and P. Meile, in ''Cahiers de la Société Asiatique'', n° XIII, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1963. *Colette Caillat, ''Recueil d'articles de Jules Bloch, 1906-1955'', (''Collection of Articles by Jules Bloch, 1906-1955''), texts gathered by Colette Caillat, Collège de France, Institut de civilisation indienne; Published by E. de Boccard, Paris, 1985, .

References

* ''This page is a translation of the French page.'' * ''Religion Philosophy Yoga: a selection of articles''. Jean Filliozat. p. viii. .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloch, Jules 1880 births 1953 deaths Linguists from France Jewish linguists Academic staff of the Collège de France 20th-century linguists