Marvin Herzog

Jewish-American professor (1927–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marvin (Mikhl) I. Herzog (September 13, 1927 – June 28, 2013) was a Yiddish language Professor at Columbia University.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...
Marvin Herzog
Born(1927-09-13)September 13, 1927
DiedJune 28, 2013(2013-06-28) (aged 85)
Alma materColumbia University
Scientific career
FieldsYiddish
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorUriel Weinreich
Close

Biography

Herzog received his Ph.D. from Columbia under Uriel Weinreich.

In 1967, he became the director, and then the editor-in-chief, of the Yiddish Atlas Project at Columbia University, which publishes, in conjunction with YIVO, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ).[1]

Books

  • Herzog, Marvin I., The Yiddish Language in Northern Poland. Its Geography and History, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, and The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1965.
  • Herzog, Marvin, et al. ed., YIVO, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, 3 vols., Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1992–2000, ISBN 3-484-73013-7.

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.