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Marvin Herzog

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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

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

Biography

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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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Marvin I. Herzog papers, 1942-2008". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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