Jules Feller (4 November 1859 – 29 April 1940) was a Belgian academician and Walloon militant.
Jules Feller | |
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 Jules Feller, 1912 | |
| Born | November 4, 1859 Roubaix |
| Died | April 29, 1940 Verviers |
| Language | French and Walloon |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Genre | Linguistics |
| Notable works | Essai d'orthographe wallonne, 1900 Notes de philologie wallonne, 1912 |
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Biography edit
Jules Feller created the Feller system 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.