| Heinrich Herkner | |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1863 |
| Birth Place: | Reichenberg, Bohemia |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Institutions: | Frederick William University |
| Alma Mater: | University of Strasbourg |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Lujo Brentano |
| Doctoral Students: | Toni Stolper |
Heinrich Herkner (27 June 1863 - 27 May 1932) was a German economist as well as a social reformer.
Herkner was born in Liberec (German: Reichenberg), Bohemia and died in Berlin, Germany.
Herkner studied with Lujo Brentano in Strasbourg. Later he 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.[1]
His major work was Die Arbeiterfrage, first published in 1894.[2]
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. In 1917 he succeeded the deceased Gustav Schmoller as the President of the Verein für Socialpolitik, a position he held until 1929.