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Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz (or Maximilien Berlitz, born David Berlizheimer; April 14, 1852 – April 6, 1921) was a linguist and the founder of the Berlitz Language Schools, the first of which he established in 1878 in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Introduction
- Family and Ethnic Background
- Early Years in America
- Business Development
- Immigrant Entrepreneurship
- Conclusion
German-Jewish immigrant Maximilian D. Berlitz (born David Berlizheimer, April 14, 1852 in Mühringen, Kingdom of Württemberg; died: April 6, 1921 in New York City) founded the first Berlitz School of Languages in the United States in 1878. He went on to create a company that made his name synonymous with foreign-language instruction in the United St...
David Berlizheimer was born in the rural village of Mühringen in the Black Forest region of the southern German Kingdom of Württemberg on April 14, 1852. His ancestors were German Jews who had migrated to the region from Markt Berolzheim in Bavaria during the eighteenth century. His grandparents were Joseph David (1761-1855) and Gustel (née Kaz) Be...
In America, young Jewish immigrants typically sought out relatives or fellow Jewish immigrants from the same village. David did not follow the pattern. He did not join his brother in Cincinnati or later in Philadelphia. He did not settle with his cousins in Chicago. He did not go to live with his sister Hanna who emigrated separately in 1870 and se...
When William Warner departed as head of the Polytechnic Business College, Berlitz opened his first language school, the Berlitz School of Languages, in May 1878. Since he assumed all of the college’s language students, his first school had more than two hundred students, and he employed several teachers. At first, Berlitz and his teachers taught us...
Berlitz’s life epitomized the mythology of the poor young immigrant who achieved the American Dream through hard work and creativity. In doing so, however, the young Jewish emigrant from Württemberg fashioned a new identity for himself: Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz, an educated, young German with great aspirations. Berlitz deliberately chose to ob...
Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz transcended his upbringing as the son of rural German Jews and fashioned a new identity and a new profession for himself in the United States. Berlitz was a showman and a booster for his language acquisition business, but his intelligence and drive were equally prodigious. During the course of his life, he mastered app...
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Maximilian Berlitz's life and career. The best-researched, most comprehensive secondary account we have come across is: Rose, Emily C. "Maximilian D. Berlitz." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute.
Nov 7, 2010 · Maximilian Berlitz (1852-1921) Source: Berlitz (UK) Ltd website (uploaded here with permission) Applied Linguistics S1.74 Social Sciences Building, University of ...
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Invented by our founder, Maximilian Berlitz, the Berlitz Method is the first-known immersive teaching method and has shaken up traditional language learning styles since its inception.
