Heinrich Edmund Karl Henel (18 April 1905 – 7 March 1981) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus of German at Yale University.
Heinrich E. K. Henel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 April 1905 Saigon, Vietnam |
| Died | 7 March 1981 (aged 75) |
| Spouse | Ingebord (died 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD., 1927, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Thesis | Die Entwicklung des geschichtlichen deutschen Prosastils bei Johannes von Müller |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German |
| Sub-discipline | 17th-c German literature and poetry |
| Institutions | University of Aberdeen Cambridge University Queen's University University of Wisconsin-Madison Yale University |
Early life and education
editHenel was born on 18 April 1905 in Saigon, Vietnam.[1] He was born to German parents.[2]
His daughter Bettina Charlotte Henel married Owen P. Stearns in 1954, a fellow academic.[3]
Career
editUpon earning his PhD in 1927 from Goethe University Frankfurt, he began teaching at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He left the institute in 1929 and accepted a position at Cambridge University. He eventually emigrated to Canada where he served as Head of Queen's University German Department until 1947.[1] He transferred to the United States after accepting a position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[4] He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951[5] and awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship grant in 1954.[6] Henel joined the faculty at Yale University as a Full Professor in German in 1957.[7]
He was the recipient of the 1962 Goethe Medal for "furthering cultural relations between the United States and Germany."[8] In 1963, he was appointed to Sterling Professor of German at Yale.[7]
In 1973, he was the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[1] He died from illness on 7 March 1981.[9]
One of his PhD students was Thomas P. Saine.[10]
Selected publications
editThe following is a list of selected publications:[11]
- Studien zum altenglischen computus (1934)
- Faust-Translations and Faust-Mosaics, a reply (1938)
- Type and proto-phenomenon in Goethe's science (1956)
- Die Entwicklung des geschichtlichen deutschen Prosastils bei Johannes von Müller (1965)
- Metaphor and meaning (1968)
- Lebendige Form; Interpretationen zur deutschen Literatur (1970)
- Goethezeit: ausgewählte Aufsätze (1980)
- The poetry of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1984)
References
edit- ^ a b c Jeffrey L. Sammons (May 1981). "Heinrich E. K. Henel in memoriam". The German Quarterly. 54 (3): 401–403. JSTOR 406032.
- ^ "To discuss "Faust" at UWR Lecture". Racine Journal Times. Wisconsin. February 17, 1950.
- ^ "Miss Bettina Charlotte Henel Married in Chapel". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin. June 13, 1954. p. 39.
- ^ "4 New Men are Named to State University Faculty". Kenosha Evening News. Kenosha. August 13, 1947. p. 32.
- ^ "HEINRICH E. K. HENEL". gf.org. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "7 Receive Guggenheim Grants". La Crosse Tribune. Wisconsin. May 4, 1954. p. 20.
- ^ a b "Yale Elevates Prof. Henel". Lowell Sun. Massachusetts. August 13, 1963. p. 23.
- ^ "Yale Professor Wins Goethe Gold Medal". Bridgeport Telegram. Connecticut. May 26, 1962. p. 24.
- ^ "DR. HEINRICH E. K. HENEL". The New York Times. 31 March 1981. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Hart, Gail; Lee, Meredith; Sammons, Jeffrey; Brown, Jane; Richter, Simon; Vaget, Hans Rudolf (2014-05-29). "Thomas P. Saine (1941–2013)". Goethe Yearbook. 21 (1): xi–xviii. doi:10.1353/gyr.2014.0027. ISSN 1940-9087. S2CID 170101824.
- ^ "au:Henel, Heinrich". worldcat.org. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
