Charles K. Bliss

Charles K. Bliss
Born	Karl Kasiel Blitz September 5, 1897 Czernovitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Chernivsti, Ukraine)
Died	July 13, 1985 (aged 87) Sydney, Australia
Citizenship	Austrian (until 1938) Stateless (1939-1946) Australian (from 1946)
Alma mater	Vienna University of Technology
Occupation(s)	chemical engineer, semiotician
Known for	Inventor of Blissymbolics
Parents	Michel Anchel (father) Jeanette Blitz (mother)

Charles K. Bliss (German: Karl Kassel Blitz; September 5, 1897 – July 13, 1985) was an Austrian-Australian chemical engineer and semiotician, best known as the inventor of Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system. He was born in Austria-Hungary but was forced to flee to Australia during the Second World War as a Jewish refugee fleeing the Nazis.