Henry M. Leipziger

Henry Marcus Leipziger (December 29, 1854 – December 1, 1917, New York City) was an English-born American educator and lecturer. He founded the Hebrew Technical Institute in 1884; serving as that school's first director until 1891 when he became Assistant Superintendent of New York City Public Schools.

Life and career The son of Marcus and Martha Leipziger, Henry Marcus Leipziger was born in Manchester, England on December 29, 1854. At a young age he immigrated with his family to the United States and settled with them in New York City where he was educated at New York City Public Schools. He matriculated to the City College of New York where he graduated in 1873 with Bachelor of Science degree. He then pursued graduate studies at Columbia University where he received diplomas in first a Bachelor of Laws and then a Ph.D. in 1888. He later pursued further studies at Union College where he earned a Legum Doctor in 1906.