Johann Friedrich Hennert

Johann Friedrich Hennert (19 October 1733 – 30 March 1813) was German-born and lectured in mathematics and physics at the University of Utrecht. He was a significant student of Leonhard Euler. He was known for his inclination towards the British school of philosophy.

In 1769, he married to the poet and scientist Petronella Johanna de Timmerman. In 1786 he wrote her biography and published her poems as Nagelaatene gedichten.

Work Hennert held the chair of mathematics at the University of Utrecht until 1805.

Hennert was an important figure in the history of Dutch mathematics. He wrote a number of textbooks on differential calculus. Illustration of Problemata de centro aequilibrii potentiarum obliquarum vecti adplicatarum. ... from Acta Eruditorum, 1761 Jean Henri van Swinden was one of his most important students.