Nathan Heine

Nathan Heine (15 March 1835 11 December 1914) was a Danish lawyer. The street Heinesgade in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen is named after him.

Early life and education Heine was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Hamburg, the son of Levy Heine and Emma née Berend. The family moved to Copenhagen when he was three years old. He attended Borgerdyd School in Christianshavn, matriculating in 1854. He then enrolled at the University of Copenhagen from which he graduated with a Candidate of Law degree in 1862.

Career Following graduation, from 11 January 1864 until 12 January 1865, Heine worked as an assistant solicitor for Simonsen, and then from 13 July 1868 for Overretsprokurator Kalko. He was the father of lawyer Laurits Heine and the father-in-law of lawyer Johan Ludvig Nathansen.

He was chairman of the Jewish Burial Society of 1719 and a board member of Ristings Huslejelegat (until 1905). On his 70th birthday, he created N. Heine's Grant, administrated by the Danish Lawyers Society' Support Foundation.