Jules Feller

Jules Feller
Jules Feller, 1912
Jules Feller, 1912
Born (1859-11-04)November 4, 1859
Roubaix
Died (1940-04-29)April 29, 1940
Verviers
Language French / Walloon
Nationality Belgian
Genre Linguistics
Notable works Essai d'orthographe wallonne, 1900
Notes de philologie wallonne, 1912

Jules Feller (4 November 1859, Roubaix 29 April 1940, Verviers) was a Belgian academician and Walloon militant.

Biography

Jules Feller created the 'Feller system' ('fr:Système Feller') of spelling for the Walloon language. This is also used for writing the Picard language since a consensus arose between universities in favour of the written form known as 'Feller-Carton' (based on the Walloon spelling system which was developed by Feller and adapted for Picard by Prof. Fernand Carton).

He represented Verviers in the Walloon Assembly from 1919 until his death. He was a member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature in Belgium.

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