Johann B. Hertzog, 1831-1901

Johann (John) B. Hertzog was born in Bechtheim near Worms. He studied law and philology in Giessen, and came to New York in 1856. He was the Librarian at the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and founded German American schools in that city. He wrote textbooks, poetry, romances, and translations of English and American works.

Known Works

Hertzog, John B. Auswahl poetischer und prosaischer Dialoge zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung für Schule und Haus. 5. Aufl, Verlag von Schäfer und Koradi, 1869.

Hertzog, John B. Erstes deutsches Lesebuch : für Schule und Haus. Neue und verbesserte Ausgabe, Verlag von Ig. Kohler, [©1879].

Hertzog, John B., et al. Thanatopsis and other poems : metrical translations from the English into the German. Published by Ig. Kohler, 1894.

Hertzog, J. B. “Vorwort,” in Germania. Zwei jahrtausende deutschen Lebens, by Johannes Scherr. Philadelphia: Verlag von Ig. Kohler, [1883?]