Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926)
Jože Toporišič (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈjóːʒɛ tɔpɔˈɾìːʃitʃ]; October 11, 1926 – December 9, 2014) was a Slovene linguist. He was the author of the most influential Slovene scientific grammar of the second half of the 20th century, a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and coauthor of the Academy's Slovene Normative Guide (Slovene: Slovenski pravopis). In this position, he transformed the linguistic section of the academy into the central regulatory authority for codification of Slovene.