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Leonard Bloomfield

American linguist (1887–1949)
Person human Q215957

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[24]
Date of birth
April 1, 1887
Date of death
April 18, 1949
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
New Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
linguist, pedagogue, university teacher
Employer
University of Chicago, Yale University, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois System, Ohio State University[11][12][13][14][15]
Field of work
linguistics[9]
Position held
president of the Linguistic Society of America[10]
Educated at
Harvard University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Chicago, Leipzig University, University of Göttingen, Harvard College[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, German[29][30]
Archives at
Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library[25]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[28]
Family name
Bloomfield[26]
Given name
Leonard[27]
Influenced by
August Leskien[23]
Member of
American Philosophical Society[22]
Name
L. Bloomfield[32]
Name in native language
Leonard Bloomfield[31]
P14688
60095
🏷️ Also known as
en Leonard Bloomfield ar ليونارد بلومفيلد el Λέοναρντ Μπλούμφιλντ fa لیونارد بلومفیلد fa بلومفیلد fa لئونارد بلومفیلد he לאונרד בלומפילד hi लिओनार्ड ब्लूमफिल्ड ja ブルームフイールドレオナルド, ja レオナード・ブルームフィールド ja レナード・ブルームフィールド ko 레너드 블룸필드 nl L. Bloomfield ru Блумфилд Л. ru Блумфилд Леонард ru Блумфильд, Леонард ru Леонард Блумфилд sv Bloomfield uk Леонард Блумфілд zh 伦纳德·布龙菲尔德
🔖 Identifiers · 89
ISNI
0000000110197386
VIAF cluster ID
84830
Library of Congress authority ID
n50013908
GND ID
118659103
Academic Tree ID
31394
Alvin ID
alvin-person:71336
American National Biography ID
1400058
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
2030
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059003
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/58602
BAnQ authority ID
0000097788
BIBSYS ID
90189055
Show all 89 identifiers +77
BabelNet ID
00011432n
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
18470
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123473845, 12073886c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
bloomfield-leonard
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10273307
CiNii Research ID
1140282266754433792
CoBiS author ID
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DBNL author ID
bloo002
DDB person (GND) ID
118659103
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118659103
Encyclopaedia Herder person ID
Bloomfield,_Leonard
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Leonard-Bloomfield
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
leonard-bloomfield
FAST ID
4294
Freebase ID
/m/04lb6
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
leonard-bloomfield
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0010549
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Leonard_Bloomfield
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1870694
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
8210
IdRef ID
032444893
Interlingual Index ID
i94489
IxTheo authority ID
134454022
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
10662
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118659103
Krugosvet article (archived)
gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/BLUMFILD_LEONARD.html
Lex ID
Leonard_Bloomfield
Libraries Australia ID
35019572
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01101/eu_b_4090/b4090
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01903898
NDL Authority ID
00520120
NE.se ID
leonard-bloomfield
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002153383
NLA Trove people ID
793888
NLP ID
a0000001880483
NSK (VIAF) ID
000054716
NSK ID
981005681142309366
NUKAT ID
n2004001671
National Library of Brazil ID
000457649
National Library of Chile ID
000058936
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001207481
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000021938
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007258693205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201603054
National Library of Latvia ID
000045390
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*369798;=Bc
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810696156605606
National Library of Portugal ID
38848
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1003588
National Virtual Library of India ID
134301
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068670834
Notable Names Database ID
323/000179783
Online Books Page author ID
Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3878451
Open Library ID
OL114028A, OL5827292A
OpenMLOL author ID
92120
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095513172
Parsifal cluster ID
31418
Persons of Indian Studies ID
808
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
243551
Prabook ID
728116
Project Gutenberg author ID
46088
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
11066
RERO ID (legacy)
A003015122
RILM ID
292326
SBN author ID
IEIV010822
SHARE Catalogue author ID
172782
SNAC ARK ID
w6bc4d40
Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID
47200
Treccani ID
leonard-bloomfield
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1203797
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
leonard-bloomfield
Wellcome Collection concept ID
eyvzwua8
WikiTree person ID
Bloomfield-1649
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10873363-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhMhYmVFPxCX8md3C4g8C
Yale LUX ID
person/666fcbc6-e10f-4de0-a053-7a66c658d65d

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 6
Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of Göttingen, Leipzig University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard College
Employer 5
Yale University, University of Chicago, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois System
Occupation 3
pedagogue, linguist, university teacher
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
linguistics
Given name 1
Leonard
Influenced by 1
August Leskien
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
American Philosophical Society
Named after 1
Leonard Bloomfield Book Award
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Place of death 1
New Haven
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Leonard Bloomfield was born on April 1, 1887[1], in Chicago[2]. He died on April 18, 1949[3], in New Haven[4]. He worked as a linguist[5], pedagogue[6], and university teacher[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Leonard Bloomfield include Leonard Bloomfield Book Award[33], an award[34], founded in 1992[35].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Leonard Bloomfield Book Award[33], an award[34], founded in 1992[35].

FAQs

Where was Leonard Bloomfield born?

Leonard Bloomfield's place of birth was Chicago[2].

Where did Leonard Bloomfield die?

Leonard Bloomfield died in New Haven[4].

What did Leonard Bloomfield do for work?

Leonard Bloomfield worked as a linguist[5], pedagogue[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did Leonard Bloomfield go to school?

Leonard Bloomfield was educated at Harvard University[16], University of Wisconsin–Madison[17], University of Chicago[18], and Leipzig University[19].

Related Entities

August Leskien linguistics United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  6. 13w ago · Krateven · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian) → 10662
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  7. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Chicago
    Educated at → Harvard University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Chicago +3
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
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