caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality workplaces notable_students birth_date residence image article_title academic_advisors name alma_mater
olaus henrici -lrb- year unknown -rrb- otto hesse 10 august 1918 chandler 's ford , england meldorf , duchy of holstein fellow of the royal society germany university college london , central technical college g. b. mathews raphael weldon 09 march 1840 united kingdom olaus henrici.jpg olaus henrici
 karl weierstrass , leopold kronecker olaus henrici ruprecht-karls-university heidelberg
olaus henrici

olaus magnus friedrich erdmann henrici , frs -lrb- 9 march 1840 , meldorf , duchy of holstein -- 10 august 1918 , chandler 's ford , hampshire , england -rrb- was a german mathematician who became a professor in london .
after three years as an apprentice in engineering , henrici entered karlsruhe polytechnium where he came under the influence of alfred clebsch who encouraged him in mathematics .
he then went to heidelberg where he studied with otto hesse .
henrici attained his dr. phil .
degree on 6 june 1863 at university of heidelberg .
he continued his studies in berlin with karl weierstrass and leopold kronecker .
he was briefly docent of mathematics and physics at the university of kiel , but ran into financial difficulties .
henrici moved to london in 1865 where he worked as a private tutor .
in 1869 hesse introduced him to j. j. sylvester who in turn brought him into contact with arthur cayley , william kingdon clifford , and thomas archer hirst .
it was hirst that gave him some work at university college london .
henrici also became a professor at bedford college .
when hirst fell ill , henrici filled his position at university college .
he held the position until 1884 , turning to applied mathematics after 1880 .
from 1882 to 1884 henrici was president of the london mathematical society .
in 1884 he moved to central technical college where he directed a laboratory of mechanics which included calculating machines , planimeters , moment integrators , and a harmonic analyzer .
henrici was impressed by the work of robert stawell ball in screw theory as presented in a german textbook by gravelius .
in 1890 henrici wrote a book review for nature outlining the program of the theory .
in 1911 he retired and took up gardening at chandler 's ford in hampshire .
