Jules Feller was a Belgian academician and Walloon militant.

Biography

Jules Feller created the 'Feller system' (':fr:Système Feller') of spelling for the Walloon language. This is also used for writing the Picard language

Picard language

Picard is a language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy – and in parts of the Belgian region of Wallonia, the district of Tournai and a part of...

 since a consensus arose between universities in favour of the written form known as 'Feller-Carton' (based on the Walloon

Walloon language

Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...

 spelling system – which was developed by Feller and adapted for Picard

Picard

Picard may refer to:* a native of, or anything originating in, Picardy* the Picard language, a Langue d'oïl and one of the languages of France* A member of the Picards, a religious sect in the fifteenth century...

 by Prof. Fernand Carton).

He represented Verviers

Verviers

Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...

 in the Walloon Assembly from 1919 until his death. He was a member of the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature (:fr:Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique) in Belgium.