Charles K. Bliss

Charles K. Bliss
Born
Karl Kassel Blitz

September 5, 1897
Czernovitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivsti, Ukraine)
DiedJuly 13, 1985 (aged 87)
Sydney, Australia
Citizenship
Alma materVienna University of Technology
Occupationschemical engineer, semiotician
Known forInventor of Blissymbolics
Spouse
Claire
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(died 1961)​
Parents
  • Michel Anchel (father)
  • Jeanette Blitz (mother)

Charles K. Bliss (German: Karl Kassel Blitz; September 5, 1897 – July 13, 1985) was an Austrian-Australian chemical engineer and semiotician, best known as the inventor of Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system. He was born in Chernivtsi, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivsti, Ukraine) but was forced to flee to Australia during the Second World War as a Jewish refugee fleeing the Nazis.

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