Lebrecht Henneberg

Ernst Lebrecht Henneberg (27 September 1850 – 29 April 1933) was a German professor of mechanics and mathematics.

Life Ernst Lebrecht Henneberg was born in Wolfenbüttel in 1850 to Heinrich Henneberg and Sophie Rimpau. From 1870 until 1876 he studied mathematics in Zürich, Heidelberg, and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1875 from Hermann Schwarz while in Zürich. After living in Zürich from 1876 until 1878, he became an associate professor for descriptive and synthetic geometry and graphic statics at TU Darmstat. Not soon after in 1879, he became a professor of mechanics at the university. By 1890, he was one of the founders of the German Association of Mathematicians. From 1890 to 1891 Henneberg had become the dean of the Mathematics and Sciences school, while also acting as the rector from 1891 to 1893.

During both 1902-1905 and 1911-14 he was Dean of the General Department, and on September 30, 1920, he retired from this position.

Henneberg was married to Pauline Grunewald; their daughter Paula married the geologist Werner Janensch.

Honors 1892 November 25: Award of the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous

Publications

Statik der starren Systeme. (1886). Die graphische Statik der starren Systeme. (1911)

Literature Christa Wolf/Marianne Viefhaus: List of university teachers at the TH Darmstadt, Darmstadt 1977, p. 81.

Karl-Eugen Kurrer: History of structural engineering. In search of balance. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 2016, pp. 644 and pp. 651–652.