Alice Vanderbilt Morris
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard Morris (born December 7, 1874 in New York City , † August 15, 1950 there ) was a member of the Vanderbilt family and descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt , one of the most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs in the United States . She was also a co-founder and patron of the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA).
During a stay in a sanatorium, she read a book on Esperanto and was enthusiastic about the idea of a neutral bridge language to facilitate communication between peoples. With her husband David Hennen "Dave" Morris, who later became the US ambassador to Belgium, she founded the scientific non-profit organization International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA), which developed the international planned language Interlingua .
literature
- Falk, Julia S .: Women, Language and Linguistics - Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century . Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-415-13315-9 .
Web links
- Biography of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua (interlingua) (accessed November 13, 2014)
- History of the planned language Interlingua (interlingua) (accessed on November 13, 2014)
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| SURNAME | Morris, Alice Vanderbilt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morris, Alice Vanderbilt Shepard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Vanderbilt family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1950 |
| Place of death | New York City |