Julia Bloch
A young white woman; her dress or blouse has a print collar
Julia McDonnell, from the 1925 yearbook of Mount Holyoke College
BornMay 3, 1904
Holyoke, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 22, 1960
New Haven, Connecticut
OccupationLinguist
SpouseBernard Bloch

Julia McDonnell Bloch (May 3, 1904 – October 22, 1960) was an American linguist. She was on the editorial staff of the Linguistic Atlas of New England (1939-1943), assisting in the preparation of its 700 dialect maps. She also contributed to the Handbook of the Linguistic Geography of New England.[1]

Early life and education

Julia Evelyn McDonnell was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and attended schools in South Hadley, Massachusetts.[2] She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1925.[3][4] She earned a master's degree in English literature from Wellesley College in 1926.[5] In the 1930s she pursued further studies at the University of Michigan.[6]

Career

Bloch and her husband were on the editorial staff of the Linguistic Atlas of New England (1939-1943), assisting in the preparation of its 700 dialect maps. She also contributed to the Handbook of the Linguistic Geography of New England.[7] These books were part of a Linguistic Atlas project directed by Hans Kurath.[1]

Personal life and legacy

Julia Bloch was married to the American linguist, Bernard Bloch, from 1932 until her death. They met when they were both working in the English department at Mount Holyoke College. They had a son, Walter, born in 1942.

Julia Bloch died in 1960, in New Haven, Connecticut, aged 56 years.[8][9] The Bernard and Julia Bloch Fellowship, awarded by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) to "the most promising applicant" to the LSA Summer Institute, was established from the Julia Bloch Memorial Fund. The Bernard and Julia Bloch Fellowship was first awarded in the summer of 1970.[8][10]

Publications

  • Handbook of the linguistic geography of New England, by Hans Kurath with the collaboration of Marcus L. Hansen, Julia Bloch [and] Bernard Bloch. Providence: Brown University, 1939.
  • Linguistic Atlas of New England, by Hans Kurath, Miles L. Hanley, Bernard Bloch, Marcus L. Hansen and Julia Bloch. 3 vols. Providence: Brown University, 1939–1943.

References

  1. 1 2 Stammerjohann, Harro (2009). Bernard Bloch entry, Lexicon Grammaticorum. Berlin: de Gruyter. p. 167. ISBN 978-3-484-97112-7.
  2. ↑ South Hadley (Mass.) (1918). Annual Report.
  3. ↑ Mount Holyoke College, Llamarada (1925 yearbook): 110.
  4. ↑ "Mt. Holyoke Gives 210 Girls Degrees". The Boston Globe. 1925-06-10. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Wellesley College has Big Graduating Class". The Boston Globe. 1926-06-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ University of Michigan (1938). General Register. UM Libraries. p. 43.
  7. ↑ Falk, Julia S. (1999). Bernard Bloch entry in American National Biography. p. 26. ISBN 9780195150636.
  8. 1 2 Joos, Martin (1967). "Bernard Bloch". Language. 43 (1): 3–19. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 411382.
  9. ↑ Garraty, John A.; Carnes, Mark C. (2005-05-12). American National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-977149-3.
  10. ↑ "Linguistic Institute Fellowships". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.