Jules Bloch

Jules Bloch (May 1, 1880 in Paris – November 29, 1953) was a French linguist who studied Indian languages, and was also interested in languages in their cultural and social contexts.

Doctor of Letters in 1914, he was director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études from 1919 to 1951, professor at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales from 1921 to 1937 and professor of Sanskrit language and literature at the College de France in 1937 to 1941 and from 1944 to 1951.