Johan Ludvig Heiberg (historian)

Johan Ludvig Heiberg (27 November 1854 – 4 January 1928) was a Danish philologist and historian. He is best known for his discovery of previously unknown texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, and for his edition of Euclid's Elements that T. L. Heath translated into English. He also published an edition of Ptolemy's Almagest.

For the Danish poet, see Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet).
J. L. Heiberg
J. L. Heiberg in 1918

Biography

Heiberg was born in Aalborg, the son of Johanne Henriette Jacoba (née Schmidt) and Emil Theodor Heiberg.[1] His sister married biochemist Max Henius.

Heiberg was Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Copenhagen from 1896 until 1924. Among his more than 200 publications were editions of the works of Archimedes (1880 and 1912), Euclid (with Heinrich Menge) (1883–1916), Apollonius of Perga (1891–93), Serenus of Antinouplis (1896), Ptolemy (1898/1903), and Hero of Alexandria (1899). Many of his editions are still in use today.

Awards

The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Binoux for 1912.[2]

Notable students

Archimedes Palimpsest

Heiberg inspected the vellum manuscript in Constantinople in 1906, and realized that it contained mathematical works by Archimedes that were unknown to scholars at the time.

Heiberg's examination of the manuscript was with the naked eye only, while modern analysis of the texts has employed x-ray and ultraviolet light. The Archimedes Palimpsest is currently stored at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

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References
  1. http://genealogy.munthe.net/database/g0004629.html#I3348 Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Séance du 16 décembre". Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville: 135. February 1913.
  3. "Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen".
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