Helfrich Bernhard Wenck [SEP] date of death
Helfrich Bernhard Wenck
Helfrich Bernhard Wenck (19 June 1739 – 27 April 1803) was a German historian and educator born in Idstein, Hesse.
He attended the Darmstadt Pädagogium, where his father, Johann Martin Wenck, served as rector. He later studied in Giessen and Göttingen, and in August 1761 was hired at the Darmstadt Pädagogium as a collaborator. Here he served as subconrector (from 1766), prorector (from 1768) and as rector (from 1769). From 1775 he worked as an historiographer,
Friedrich August Wilhelm Wenck
Friedrich August Wilhelm Wenck (4 September 1741 in Idstein – 15 June 1810 in Leipzig) was a German historian. His older brother, Helfrich Bernhard Wenck (1739–1803), was also an historian.
Beginning in 1760 he studied history at the University of Erlangen, then in 1766–68, he worked as an assistant at the Darmstadt Pädagogium. In 1770 he acquired the academic degree of magister of philosophy, and during the following year, became an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig.