Person
Bliss, Charles Kasiel (1897 - 1985)
- Born
- 1897
Austria - Died
- 13 July 1985
- Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Charles Bliss was a research chemist and the inventor of a universal language employing symbols. After his release from a Nazi concentration camp in 1938 he moved to England, then Shanghai, and settled in Australia in 1946.
Details
Born Austria, 1897. Died 1985. AM 1976. Educated Vienna University of Technology (graduated in chemical engineering 1922). Research chemist, later chief of the patent department in an electronics company ca 1922-38; German concentration camp 1938; England 1938-40; Shanghai 1940-46; began to develop his system of pictorial symbol writing 1942; settled in Australia 1946. Wrote "Semantography (Blissymbolics)" and "The Invention and Discovery that will Change our Lives". Published a reoneoed newsletter, "Semantography Series", 1949-64.
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q112877. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/18113602. Details
- 'Bliss, Charles K (1897-1985)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458702. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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