John Benjamin Henck, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Benjamin Henck

American civil engineer

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1815

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1903

Profession: engineer, classical scholar, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Benjamin Henck (October 20, 1815 Philadelphia – January 3, 1903 Montecito, California) although educated as a classical scholar and graduating as valedictorian of the Harvard class of 1840 yet, during his career, transitioned to a practicing civil engineer.
As an engineering educator, Henck required a strict knowledge of classical literature" and a "thorough and accurate knowledge of science".
One of his notable students was Arthur M Wellington, author of The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways.(1877, first edition.)