Charles Berlitz
Charles Berlitz | |
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Born | New York City, USA | November 22, 1914
Died | December 18, 2003 Tamarac, Florida, USA | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Yale University |
Occupation(s) | Linguist, author |
Spouse | Valerie Seary (1950–2003) |
Charles Frambach Berlitz (November 22, 1914 – December 18, 2003)
Life
Berlitz was born in
He began working for the family language school, The Berlitz School of Languages, during college breaks. The publishing house, of which he was vice president, sold, among other things, tourist phrase books and pocket dictionaries, several of which he authored. He also played a key role in developing record and tape language courses. He left the company in the late 1960s, not long after he sold the company to publishing firm Crowell, Collier & Macmillan. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University.[3]
Berlitz was a writer on paranormal phenomena. He wrote a number of books on
Berlitz spent 13 years on active duty in the
Reception
Berlitz's statements about the Bermuda Triangle and the Philadelphia Experiment were heavily criticized by researchers and scientists for their inaccuracy. He has also drawn criticism for ignoring possible natural explanations and promoting pseudoscientific ideas.[7][8][9][10]
Larry Kusche has accused Berlitz of fabricating evidence and inventing mysteries that have no basis in fact.[11][12]
See also
- Berlitz International
Bibliography
Anomalous phenomena
- The mystery of Atlantis, 1969
- Mysteries from forgotten worlds, 1972
- ISBN 0-285-63326-0
- Without a trace, 1977
- The Philadelphia experiment – Project Invisibility, 1979
- The Roswell incident, 1980
- ISBN 0-586-05543-6
- Atlantis - The eighth continent: G. P. Putnams Sons, New York, 1984
- Atlantis: The Lost Continent Revealed, Macmillan, London, 1984
- The lost ship of Noah: In search of the ark at Ararat, 1987
- World of the incredible but true: Ballantine Books, New York, 1988
- The dragon's triangle, 1989
- World of Strange Phenomena: Little Brown & Company, New York, 1995
Language
- Native Tongues, 1982
References
- ^ "Berlitz, Charles, 1914–2003". Library of Congress.
- ^ Bernstein, Adam (December 31, 2003). "Linguist Charles Berlitz Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ See section on Charles Berlitz in Encyclopedia of occultism & parapsychology, Lewis Spence, Nandor Fodor, Gale Research Inc, 1991.
- ^ New Scientist Mar 11, 1976
- ^ Palmer, Trevor. Perilous planet Earth: catastrophes and catastrophism through the ages, 2003, p. 316.
- ^ Childress, David H.. Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients, 1999 p. 43.
- ISBN 0-7618-1067-6
- ISBN 1-57607-654-7
- ISBN 0-486-26167-0
- ISBN 978-0-226-23889-0
- ISBN 978-0-313-35507-3
- ^ "Bermuda (or "Devil's") Triangle". The Skeptic's Dictionary.