Ludwig Häpke

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Häpke (born January 11, 1835 in Bassum ; † May 10, 1922 in Bremen ) was a German teacher and scientist.

He attended the high school in Aurich and the high school in Celle. He studied mathematics and natural sciences in Jena and started on August 15, 1856 as an assistant teacher at the Bremen Citizens' School, which was founded on October 1, 1855 and later became a secondary school in the old town, where he worked for many years. Employed as a full teacher on April 1, 1860, he was appointed senior teacher and professor by the Bremen Senate on January 20, 1899.

Häpke was a corresponding honorary member of the German Fisheries Association and an expert advisory board to the Senate's Fisheries Commission. He was a co-founder of the Natural Science Association in Bremen and published numerous scientific papers.

Häpke was married to Marie geb. Farmer. The couple's children included the high school teacher Marie Häpke (1868 – after 1932), the ancient historian Natalie Häpke (1871–1923), the high school teacher Gustav Häpke (1873–1949) and the Hanse researcher Rudolf Häpke (1884–1930).

literature

• Treatises published by the Natural Science Associations in Bremen 19 (1907), p. 178 Google Book Search with US proxy
• Biographical Index of Astronomy, 2005, p. 212 (with references to the entries in JC Poggendorff - Biographical-literary concise dictionary of the exact natural sciences)