Author
Maurice Bloomfield
An Austrian-born American philologist and Sanskrit scholar, Maurice Bloomfield was a prominent academic figure of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Lived
- 1855–1928
- Nationality
- Austrian-American
- Language
- English
Maurice Bloomfield (1855–1928) was an American philologist and scholar of Sanskrit. Born in the Austrian Empire, he later relocated to the United States, where he established his career in academia.
Bloomfield's professional life was dedicated to the study of linguistics and ancient texts. As a specialist in Sanskrit, he contributed to the fields of philology and historical language studies during his lifetime.
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