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Olaus Henrici (year unknown)
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| Born | 9 March 1840 Meldorf, Duchy of Holstein |
| Died | 10 August 1918 (aged 78) Chandler's Ford, England |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Institutions | University College London, Central Technical College |
| Alma mater | Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Hesse |
| Other academic advisors | Karl Weierstrass, Leopold Kronecker |
| Notable students | Raphael Weldon |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici, FRS (9 March 1840, Meldorf, Duchy of Holstein – 10 August 1918, Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, England) was a German mathematician.
Henrici attained his Dr. phil. degree on 6 June 1863 at University of Heidelberg. He was from 1865 to 1866 docent of mathematics and physics at the University of Kiel. On 4 June 1870 he became a professor of mathematics at University College London (UCL) and in March 1884 at the Royal College of Science in London. Henrici was from 1882 to 1884 the president of the London Mathematical Society.