Maximilian Berlitz

Maximilian Berlitz
Portrait of Maximilian Berlitz
Portrait of Maximilian Berlitz
Born
David Berlizheimer

(1852-04-14)April 14, 1852
DiedApril 6, 1921(1921-04-06) (aged 68)
New York City, United States
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMaximilien Berlitz
OccupationLinguist

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.