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	He went to the [[United States]] in 1867, and 10 years later graduated from [[Furman University]], [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. He then studied Sanskrit at [[Yale]], under [[W. D. Whitney]], and at [[Johns Hopkins University]]. He was part of the second graduating class to earn the PhD from Johns Hopkins; his degree was conferred in 1879.<ref>{{Cite journal\|jstor = 593142\|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928\|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society\|volume = 48\|pages = 193–199\|last1 = Edgerton\|first1 = Franklin\|year = 1928}}</ref> He returned to Hopkins as associate professor in 1881 after a stay of two years in [[Berlin]] and [[Leipzig]], and soon afterwards was promoted professor of Sanskrit and comparative [[philology]]. He was forced by ill health to retire in 1926 and was named Professor Emeritus in honor of his 45 years on the Hopkins faculty. After retirement he moved to [[San Francisco]] to be closer to his son, and he died there on June 13, 1928.<ref>{{Cite journal\|jstor = 593142\|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928\|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society\|volume = 48\|pages = 193–199\|last1 = Edgerton\|first1 = Franklin\|year = 1928}}</ref> In 1896 [[Princeton University]] bestowed the LL.D. degree upon him.		He went to the [[United States]] in 1867, and 10 years later graduated from [[Furman University]], [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. He then studied Sanskrit at [[Yale]], under [[W. D. Whitney]], and at [[Johns Hopkins University]]. He was part of the second graduating class to earn the PhD from Johns Hopkins; his degree was conferred in 1879.<ref>{{Cite journal\|jstor = 593142\|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928\|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society\|volume = 48\|pages = 193–199\|last1 = Edgerton\|first1 = Franklin\|year = 1928}}</ref> He returned to Hopkins as associate professor in 1881 after a stay of two years in [[Berlin]] and [[Leipzig]], and soon afterwards was promoted professor of Sanskrit and comparative [[philology]]. He was forced by ill health to retire in 1926 and was named Professor Emeritus in honor of his 45 years on the Hopkins faculty. After retirement he moved to [[San Francisco]] to be closer to his son, and he died there on June 13, 1928.<ref>{{Cite journal\|jstor = 593142\|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928\|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society\|volume = 48\|pages = 193–199\|last1 = Edgerton\|first1 = Franklin\|year = 1928}}</ref> In 1896 [[Princeton University]] bestowed the LL.D. degree upon him.

	His papers in the ''[[American Journal of Philology]]'' number a few in comparative [[linguistics]], such as those on assimilation and adaptation in congeneric classes of words, and many valuable contributions to the interpretation of the [[Vedas]], and he is best known as a student of the Vedas. He translated, for [[Max Müller]]'s ''[[Sacred Books of the East]]'', the ''Hymns of the Atharva-Veda'' (1897); contributed to the Buhler-Kielhorn ''Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde'' the section ''The Atharva-Veda and the Gopatha Brahmana'' (1899); was first to edit the ''Kauika-Sutra'' (1890), and in 1907 published, in the ''[[Harvard Oriental Series]], [[A Vedic Word Concordance\|A Vedic Concordance]]''.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=E. B.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|date=April–June 1967\|volume=87\|issue=2\|page=210\|jstor=597425\|doi=10.2307/597425}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Tucci\|first=Giuseppe\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=East and West\|date=March–June 1967\|volume=17\|issue=1/2\|page=156\|jstor=29755128}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=J. C. W.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London\|date=1965\|volume=28\|issue=1\|pages=210–211\|jstor=611786\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00057530}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=E. V. A.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=The Classical Review\|date=March 1909\|volume=23\|issue=2\|page=58\|jstor=693972\|doi=10.1017/s0009840x00002833\|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1428588}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Keith\|first=A. Berriedale\|authorlink=Arthur Berriedale Keith\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|date=January 1908\|pages=200–204\|doi=10.1017/S0035869X00037515\|jstor=25210553}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Zubatý\|first=Josef\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Listy Filologické / Folia Philologica\|date=1907\|volume=34\|issue=6\|pages=458–460\|jstor=23444529}}</ref> In 1905 he published ''Cerberus, the Dog of Hades'', a study in [[comparative mythology]]. ''The Religion of the Veda'' appeared in 1908; ''Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior Parasvanatha'' and a work on the ''Rig Veda'' in 1916.		His papers in the ''[[American Journal of Philology]]'' number a few in comparative [[linguistics]], such as those on assimilation and adaptation in congeneric classes of words, and many valuable contributions to the interpretation of the [[Vedas]], and he is best known as a student of the Vedas. He translated, for [[Max Müller]]'s ''[[Sacred Books of the East]]'', the ''Hymns of the Atharva-Veda'' (1897); contributed to the Buhler-Kielhorn ''Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde'' the section ''The Atharva-Veda and the Gopatha Brahmana'' (1899); was first to edit the ''Kauika-Sutra'' (1890), and in 1907 published, in the ''[[Harvard Oriental Series]], [[A Vedic Word Concordance\|A Vedic Concordance]]''.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=E. B.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|date=April–June 1967\|volume=87\|issue=2\|page=210\|jstor=597425\|doi=10.2307/597425}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Tucci\|first=Giuseppe\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=East and West\|date=March–June 1967\|volume=17\|issue=1/2\|page=156\|jstor=29755128}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=J. C. W.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London\|date=1965\|volume=28\|issue=1\|pages=210–211\|jstor=611786\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00057530}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=E. V. A.\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=The Classical Review\|date=March 1909\|volume=23\|issue=2\|page=58\|jstor=693972\|doi=10.1017/s0009840x00002833\|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1428588}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Keith\|first=A. Berriedale\|authorlink=Arthur Berriedale Keith\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|date=January 1908\|pages=200–204\|volume=40 \|doi=10.1017/S0035869X00037515\|jstor=25210553}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Zubatý\|first=Josef\|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield\|journal=Listy Filologické / Folia Philologica\|date=1907\|volume=34\|issue=6\|pages=458–460\|jstor=23444529}}</ref> In 1905 he published ''Cerberus, the Dog of Hades'', a study in [[comparative mythology]]. ''The Religion of the Veda'' appeared in 1908; ''Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior Parasvanatha'' and a work on the ''Rig Veda'' in 1916.

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[[Image:Portrait of Maurice Bloomfield.jpg|thumb|Maurice Bloomfield]]

'''Maurice Bloomfield''', Ph.D., [[LL.D.]] (February 23, 1855 – June 12, 1928) was an Austrian-born American [[philologist]] and [[Sanskrit]] scholar.

==Biography==
He was born '''Maurice Blumenfeld''' in [[Bielitz]] ({{lang-pl|Bielsko}}), in what was at that time [[Austrian Silesia]]<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bloomfield, Maurice}}</ref> (today it is in [[Poland]]) to [[Jews|Jewish]] parents. His sister was [[Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler]], and the [[Linguistics|linguist]] [[Leonard Bloomfield]] was his nephew. He married Rosa Zeisler in 1885, and had a son and a daughter; Rosa died in 1920. In 1921, he married Helen Scott.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 593142|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume = 48|pages = 193–199|last1 = Edgerton|first1 = Franklin|year = 1928}}</ref><ref>Baltimore Sun, June 14, 1928</ref>

He went to the [[United States]] in 1867, and 10 years later graduated from [[Furman University]], [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. He then studied Sanskrit at [[Yale]], under [[W. D. Whitney]], and at [[Johns Hopkins University]]. He was part of the second graduating class to earn the PhD from Johns Hopkins; his degree was conferred in 1879.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 593142|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume = 48|pages = 193–199|last1 = Edgerton|first1 = Franklin|year = 1928}}</ref> He returned to Hopkins as associate professor in 1881 after a stay of two years in [[Berlin]] and [[Leipzig]], and soon afterwards was promoted professor of Sanskrit and comparative [[philology]]. He was forced by ill health to retire in 1926 and was named Professor Emeritus in honor of his 45 years on the Hopkins faculty. After retirement he moved to [[San Francisco]] to be closer to his son, and he died there on June 13, 1928.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 593142|title = Maurice Bloomfield, 1855-1928|journal = Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume = 48|pages = 193–199|last1 = Edgerton|first1 = Franklin|year = 1928}}</ref> In 1896 [[Princeton University]] bestowed the LL.D. degree upon him.

His papers in the ''[[American Journal of Philology]]'' number a few in comparative [[linguistics]], such as those on assimilation and adaptation in congeneric classes of words, and many valuable contributions to the interpretation of the [[Vedas]], and he is best known as a student of the Vedas. He translated, for [[Max Müller]]'s ''[[Sacred Books of the East]]'', the ''Hymns of the Atharva-Veda'' (1897); contributed to the Buhler-Kielhorn ''Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde'' the section ''The Atharva-Veda and the Gopatha Brahmana'' (1899); was first to edit the ''Kauika-Sutra'' (1890), and in 1907 published, in the ''[[Harvard Oriental Series]], [[A Vedic Word Concordance|A Vedic Concordance]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=E. B.|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|date=April–June 1967|volume=87|issue=2|page=210|jstor=597425|doi=10.2307/597425}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Tucci|first=Giuseppe|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=East and West|date=March–June 1967|volume=17|issue=1/2|page=156|jstor=29755128}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=J. C. W.|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London|date=1965|volume=28|issue=1|pages=210–211|jstor=611786|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00057530}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=E. V. A.|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=The Classical Review|date=March 1909|volume=23|issue=2|page=58|jstor=693972|doi=10.1017/s0009840x00002833|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1428588}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Keith|first=A. Berriedale|authorlink=Arthur Berriedale Keith|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|date=January 1908|pages=200–204|doi=10.1017/S0035869X00037515|jstor=25210553}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Zubatý|first=Josef|title=''A Vedic Concordance'' by Maurice Bloomfield|journal=Listy Filologické / Folia Philologica|date=1907|volume=34|issue=6|pages=458–460|jstor=23444529}}</ref> In 1905 he published ''Cerberus, the Dog of Hades'', a study in [[comparative mythology]]. ''The Religion of the Veda'' appeared in 1908; ''Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior Parasvanatha'' and a work on the ''Rig Veda'' in 1916.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{wikisource inline|Author:Maurice Bloomfield|Maurice Bloomfield}}
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* {{Gutenberg author | id=Bloomfield,+Maurice | name=Maurice Bloomfield}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Maurice Bloomfield}}
* [https://www.jta.org/1928/06/15/archive/dr-maurice-bloomfield-noted-orientalist-and-philologist-dead-at-73 Dr. Maurice Bloomfield Noted Orientalist and Philologist Dead at 73]

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