Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804 in Helmstedt - 1872 in Marburg), was a German theologian and historian, and the son of the theologian Heinrich Henke.
After studying at the university of Jena, he became professor extraordinarius there in 1833, and professor ordinarius of Marburg in 1839.
He is known as the author of several monographs:
- Georg Calixt und seine Zeit (1853-1860)
- Papst Pius VII (1860)
- Konrad von Marburg (1861)
- Kaspar Peucer u. Nih. Krell (1865)
- Jak. Friedr. Fries (1867)
- Zur neuern Kirchengeschichte (1867)
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“Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?”
—E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)