Charles K. Bliss

Charles K. Bliss
Born
Karl Kasiel Blitz

September 5, 1897
DiedJuly 13, 1985 (aged 87)
Citizenship
Alma materVienna University of Technology
Occupation(s)chemical engineer, semiotician
Known forInventor of Blissymbolics
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 Austria-Hungary but was forced to flee to Australia during the Second World War as a Jewish refugee fleeing the Nazis.