Charles K. Bliss
Charles K. Bliss | |
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| Born | Karl Kasiel Blitz September 5, 1897 |
| Died | July 13, 1985 (aged 87) |
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| Alma mater | Vienna University of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | chemical engineer, semiotician |
| Known for | Inventor of Blissymbolics |
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Claire (died 1961) |
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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 Austria-Hungary but was forced to flee to Australia during the Second World War as a Jewish refugee fleeing the Nazis.