Background
Bloch, Bernard was born on June 18, 1907 in New York City. Son of Albert and Hortense (Altheimer) Bloch.
Bloch, Bernard was born on June 18, 1907 in New York City. Son of Albert and Hortense (Altheimer) Bloch.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1928, Master of Arts, 1929. Postgraduate Harvard, Northwestern University. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1935.
Master of Arts (honorary), Yale, 1950.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Lawrence College, 1963.
; 1 son, Walter. Field worker Linguistic Atlas New England, 1931-1933, editorial assistant, 1933-1935, assistant editor, 1935-1942. Instructor English, Mount Holyoke College, 1931-1932.
Instructor English, Brown University, 1937-1938, instructor German, 1939, assistant Professor of English, 1939-1943.
Assistant professor linguistics Yale, 1943-1945, associate professor, 1945-1950, professor, since 1950, department chairman Indic and Far Eastern languages and literature 1952-1963, director graduate studies in linguistics, since 1952. Teacher linguistics U. Edinburgh (Scotland), University Texas, U. Washington, University of Michigan, University of California, Indiana University, Columbia.
Fellow Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1964-1965. Delegate Yale, Linguistic Society American and American Council Learned Societies, 7th International Congress Linguists, London, 1952.
Language director for Japanese, ASTP and Civil Affairs Training School, Yale, 1943-1945.
Member of committee language program American Council Learned Societies Member Linguistic Society American (editor journal since 1940, president 1953), American Oriental Society, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, American Dialect Society, Societe de Linguistique de Paris. Club: Oriental (president 1957-1959 New Haven).
Married Julia McDonnell, September 3, 1932 (deceased.