Maximilian Jacob Herzberger (7 or 17 Mar 1899, Berlin, Germany — 9 Apr 1982, New Orleans, United States)[1][2] was a German-American mathematician and physicist, known for his development of the superachromat lens.

[4]: 57r In 1923, Herzberger finished his Ph.D. thesis Ueber Systeme hyperkomplexer Grössen under Ludwig Bieberbach and Issai Schur at the philosophical faculty.

[5] In 1925, he married Edith Kaufmann (10 Oct 1901, Stuttgart — 16 Feb 2001, Carlsbad (California) or New Orleans); they had three children, born in Jena, viz.

[7] After the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he emigrated with his family to Rochester (NY),[6] where he became head of Eastman Kodak's optical research laboratories, arranged by Einstein.

[10][11] In 1965, he retired from his position at Kodak, and helped building a graduate institute for optics in Switzerland,[4]: 58r until in 1968 he followed invitation of the University of New Orleans to teach at their Physics Department.