Background
Herzberg, Max John was born on March 29, 1886 in at New York City, New York, United States. Son of Leopold and Mary Herzberg.
Herzberg, Max John was born on March 29, 1886 in at New York City, New York, United States. Son of Leopold and Mary Herzberg.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1906.
Supervisor of English, public schools, Newark, 1929-1933. Instructor in English, Mercer Beasley Law School, 1925-1927. Instructor in extension courses, Rutgers University, 1927-1929.
At Montclair (New Jersey) State Teachers College, 1943, 1944.
Lecturer on English education, New York University, 1945, 1946. Principal Weequahic High School, Newark, 1933-1951.
Literary editor of the Newark Evening and Sunday News, since 1919. President Stephen Crane Association, 1924-1930.
Was member committee that prepared syllabi in English for schools of New Jersey, 1926, 1942-1949.
Advisory editor The English Journal, 1933-1934. Town Meeting of Air advising committee. President National Council Teachers English, 1942-1943, director of publications, since 1951, chairman radio committee.
Past president Newark Schoolmen’s Club, New Jersey (U.S.) Secondary School Principals Association.
Member New Jersey Council National Youth Administration, 1940-1942. Member Museum of Modern Artist
Charter member Association for Education by Radio. Author: Speaking and Writing English (with collaborator), 1925.
Myths and Their Meaning, 1928.
New Style-Book of Business English, 1928. Outline of Contemporary American and British Literature, 1928. Secretarial Procedure (with collaborator), 1929.
Romance (with collaborators), 1932.
American Literature (with collaborators), 1933. Office to Arcady—Adventures in Poetry, 1933.
English Literature (with others), 1934. Mark Twain Omnibus, 1935.
Classic Myths, 1935; Albert Payson Terhune Omnibus.
1937: Americans in Action (with collaborator), 1937. Situations in Which Citizenship Can Be Taught, 1940. Series, Foreign Better Reading (Quest, Venture, Rewards—with Austin M. Works and M. P. Paine), 1940.
Radio and English Teaching, 1940.
Insults: A Practical Anthology, 1941. Happy Landings, an aviation anthology (with collaborators), 1942.
English at Command, 1943. Humor of America (with collaborator), 1945.
Editor: Stories of Adventure, 1927.
This Is America, 1951. (with collaborators) Better English, 16 volumes, 1952. Dictionary of American Literature (posthumously).
School edits various works.
Contributor to Encyclopedia Britannica. Editor Word Study, a periodical for English teachers.
Editor Photoplay Guides, National Council Teachers of English, 1934-1935. Chairman editorial committee Photoplay Studies.
Department of Secondary Education of National Education Association, 1935-1939.
Radio editor for magazine, Education. Company-ordinator in English. Phi Delta Kappa Dictionary of Education, 1944.
Editor, guide to Lawrence Olivier productions of Henry V., Hamlet.
Editor various publications. Chairman selection committee of Teenage Book Club, since 1945.
Member of advisory committee of Young America, 1948-1949. Contributor to magazines Broadcaster over radio stations.
Author of inscriptions on 14 bronze tablets erected by Schoolmen’s Club of Newark to mark historical occasions.
Also tablets at Stephen Crane birthplace. Home: 135 Mercer Place, South Orange, New Jersey Office: Newark News, Newark 1.
Member New Jersey Council National Youth Administration, 1940-1942. Member Museum of Modern Artist
Married Edna M. Newman, June 30, 1914. Children: Richard A., Donald G. Head of English department Central High School, Newark, New Jersey, 1912-1929.