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Marvin Herzog
Born (1927-09-13) September 13, 1927 (age 96)
Died(2013-06-28)June 28, 2013
NationalityCanada
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.

He was the Director and 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).

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

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.

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