Name Heinrich Herkner | Role Economist | |
Died May 27, 1932, Berlin, Germany | ||
Heinrich Herkner (27 June 1863 – 27 May 1932) was a German economist.
Herkner was born in Liberec (German: Reichenberg), Bohemia and died in Berlin, Germany.
Herkner taught as a professor at the universities of Freiburg (1890–1892), Karlsruhe (1892–1898), and Zürich (1898–1907), as well as the Technical University (1907–1913) and Frederick William University (1913–1932) of Berlin.
Herkner was originally a Marxist who later evolved towards realist views. Alexandra Kollontai went to Zürich to study under him, but found he had become a “revisionist” and spent much of her time at the university contesting his views.
He was a founding member of the German Society for Sociology and along with Max Weber, Ferdinand Tönnies and Georg Simmel on its first board.