Creators of writing systems
37 entries in the Creators of Writing Systems compendium.
Heinrich Cornelius AgrippaRenaissance polymath and occult philosopher whose works shaped esotericism.AnigouranTuareg mythological figure known for inventing Tifinagh script.John Austin (inventor)Scottish inventor of stenography, musical notation, and steam-powered loom.Charles BarbierInventor of raised-dot writing that inspired Braille.Celadet Alî BedirxanKurdish linguist who created the Latin-based Hawar alphabet.Alexander Melville BellTeacher of phonetics, creator of Visible Speech, father of Alexander Graham Bell.Charles K. BlissInventor of Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system.Lako BodraCreator of the Warang Chiti writing system for the Ho language.Frédéric Bruly BouabréIvorian artist who created a universal Bété syllabary and World Knowledge drawings.Louis BrailleFrench educator who invented the braille system for the blind.Nathan Brown (missionary)American missionary, Bible translator, and champion of Assamese language.Momolu Duwalu BukeleProliferator of the Vai syllabary in Liberia.Cadmus of MiletusAncient logographus of disputed historicity, possibly mythical.CangjieLegendary inventor of Chinese characters and official historian.CarmentaRoman goddess of childbirth, prophecy, and the Latin alphabet.Leslie CharterisCreator of Simon Templar, the Saint.Clement of OhridDisciple of Cyril and Methodius, founder of the Ohrid Literary School.Constantine of Berat18th-century Albanian writer and translator of religious texts.James Curtis (journalist)British journalist and eccentric, chronicler of the Red Barn Murder.Cyril and MethodiusByzantine brothers who devised the first Slavic alphabet.John Eliot (missionary)Puritan missionary who translated the Bible into Massachusett.EnmerkarSumerian ruler credited with founding Uruk and inventing writing.Enos (biblical figure)Biblical patriarch, grandson of Adam, and ancestor of Jesus.Evander of PallantiumArcadian culture hero who founded Pallantium on Rome's future site.James Evans (linguist)Missionary and linguist who created Ojibwe and Cree syllabics.Scott FahlmanComputer scientist who coined the first smiley emoticon.Fénius FarsaidLegendary Scythian king who invented Ogham and Gaelic.James O. FraserMissionary who created the Lisu alphabet and saw widespread Christian conversion.Sami FrashëriAlbanian writer and nationalist who shaped the Albanian National Awakening.FrumentiusPhoenician missionary who became first bishop of Axum.Józef GaraMiner who created an alphabet for the endangered Wymysorys language.Herbert GilesBritish diplomat and sinologist who created the Wade–Giles system.Peter Benjamin GrahamAustralian artist who developed Thematic Orchestration and Notation Painting.Gregory of DurrësAlbanian scholar and printer who invented the Elbasan script.Guru AngadSecond Sikh Guru who formalised the Gurmukhi script and langar.Thomas HarriotEnglish astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer of the Roanoke expedition.Theodhor HaxhifilipiTeacher and inventor of an original Albanian alphabet.
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