Richard Henke graduated from the Vienna University of Technology as a diplom-engineer and then as a Doktoringenieur. In the 1920s, various treatises on Molecule Relationship were co-authored with Georg Weissenberger and Fritz Schuster. These scientific papers were published in scientific journals such as Journal of Applied Chemistry, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie and the Chemisches Zentralblatt published. His work has been published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna mathematics and science class. Richard Henke was until his leave of absence about political reasons by the National Socialists Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Technical University. In the late 1930s and 1940s he worked as a chemist at Wander AG in Vienna. He was able to pursue this employment despite his former Heimwehr activity even in the Nazi period. He was able to escape deportation to a concentration camp because of his high reputation as a chemical specialist. During his time at Wander, Henke also worked on the further development of the malt beverageOvomaltine. , Vienna After World War II Richard Henke directed the Evening School for Chemistry at the Viennese highschool HTL Ottakring, HTL Schellinggasse. Thereafter, Henke worked at the Higher Federal Education and Research Institute for the Chemical Industry Vienna in the research areas "Chemistry and Chemical Technology". He was in charge of the operational laboratory at the departments of mechanical engineering and electrical engineering and was the administrator of the chemical-technical laboratory. Henke also developed a shoe polish, which did not go into production. In 1963, shortly before his death, he was appointed director of the Higher Federal Education and Research Institute for the Chemical Industry. This function, however, he could no longer compete due to a sudden heart attack that led to death. Richard Henke was buried in the family grave on Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof.
Family
Richard Henke married on September 15, 1957 at Ober St. Veit to Adele Havlicek. Progeny :
Richard Henke married to Adele Havlicek
* Johanna Henke, married to Richard Gach, architect
** Martina Maria Gach married to Helmuth Gräff, artist
with Fanny Kawenoki: Systeme mit Nitrobenzol u. Oxynitrobenzolen 113, 171. In: Journal für praktische Chemie
with Fritz Schuster: Betrachtungen über den Dampfdruck 113, 180. In: Journal für praktische Chemie
with Georg Weissenberger and Fritz Schuster : Zur Kenntnis organischer Molekülverbindungen. XVIII. Wege zur Berechnung des Molbruche. In: Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, Volume 152, Issue 1, Seiten 325–332
with Georg Weissenberger and Fritz Schuster : Über die Molekülverbindungen der Phenole. VIII. Die Lokalisierung des Restvalenzkraftfeldes. – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 134_2b: 47–56.
with Georg Weissenberger and Fritz Schuster : Zur Kenntnis organischer Molekülverbindungen. IX. Die Gruppe – CCl3. – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 134_2b: 57–60.
with Georg Weissenberger and Lazar Bregmann : Zur Kenntnis organischer Molekülverbindungen. XVI. Zweiwertige Phenole und ihre Äther. – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 134_2b: 471–482.
with Georg Weissenberger and Eugen Sperling : Zur Kenntnis organischer Molekülverbindungen. XVII. Das Verhalten des Dekahydronaphthalins. – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 134_2b: 483–497
with Georg Weissenberger and Stanislaus Baumgarten : Über die Adsorption an Kohle aus zähflüssigen Medien. – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 134_2b: 679–700
with Georg Weißenberger and Lazar Bregmann : Zur Kenntnis organischer Molekülverbindungen. In: Monatshefte für Chemie/Chemical Monthly 01/1925; 46:471–482.
with Georg Weissenberger and F. Sperlin : Neue Wege der Gaswaschung V. Studien mit Hilfe von Beladungskurven. In: Angewandte Chemie 01/1925; 38:1161–1164
with Georg Weissenberger and Fanny Kawenoki: Zur Kenntnis Binärer Flüssigkeitsgemische. XXII. Systeme mit Nitrobenzol und den Oxynitrobenzolen.
with Georg Weissenberger and Hedwig Katschinka : Zur Kenntnis binärer Flüssigkeitsgemische XX. Systeme mit substituierten Hydronaphthalinen. In: Die Fortschritte in der organischen Chemie seit dem Jahre, von Erich Lehmann
with Georg Weissenberger: Zur Kenntnis binärer Flüssigkeitsgemische. XXI. Systeme mit Buttersäure
