Marvin Herzog
Jewish-American professor (1927–2013)
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Marvin (Mikhl) I. Herzog (September 13, 1927 – June 28, 2013) was a Yiddish language Professor at Columbia University.
BornSeptember 13, 1927
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJune 28, 2013 (aged 85)
EducationColumbia University
FieldsYiddish
Marvin Herzog | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1927 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | June 28, 2013 (aged 85) |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Yiddish |
| Workplaces | Columbia University |
| Uriel Weinreich | |
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.
