Léon Bollack

Léon Bollack
Born	1859
Died	1925
Occupation	trader
Known for	Inventor of Bolak

Léon Bollack (1859 – 1925) was a rich French trader who created The Blue Language or Bolak in 1899. After a few years, he joined the Ido movement; it is possible that the blue color of the Ido flag was his proposal. He uttered the phrase: "It seems to me that both the Esperanto and Volapük poets are worthy only to be the objects of ridicule."

Bollack inspired H.G. Wells who mentioned him in his book A Modern Utopia. He died in 1925.

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