George Bolling

George Melville Bolling (April 13, 1871 – June 1, 1963) was an American linguist.

George Bolling
Born	April 13, 1871 Baltimore, Maryland, US
Died	June 1, 1963 (aged 92) Princeton, New Jersey, US
Academic background
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Greek language
Institutions	Ohio State University

Bolling was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Loyola College. In 1895 he became professor of Greek, and associate professor of comparative philology and Sanskrit at Catholic University. In 1897 he received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.[1]

He taught at Ohio State University as professor of Greek Languages and Literature. He was one of the signers of the call that led to the foundation of the Linguistic Society of America, and served as its president in 1931. From 1925–1931 he was the editor of the Society's academic journal, Language.He was a member of the American Philological Association, American Oriental Society, and the Archaeological Institute of America.[1]

He was a contributor to the American Journal of Philology, the American Oriental Society Journal, the Trans-American Philological Association Bulletin, the Catholic University Bulletin, and the Catholic Encyclopedia.[1]

Publications

• Bolling, George Melville. The External Evidence for Interpolation in Homer. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.[2]

References

1. "Bolling, George Melville", The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 16 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "WorldCat author page: George Bolling". Retrieved Jan 5, 2019.

• Hoenigswald, Henry M. (1964). "George Melville Bolling". Language. 40 (3). JSTOR 411498.