Alfred Emil Richard Kneschke (15 June 1902 in Altlöbau – 24 November 1979 in Freiberg) was a German mathematician,[1] engineer and university lecturer.

[2] During the World War II, Kneschke managed the Referat IV, Section II of the Wehrmacht Signals intelligence organization General der Nachrichtenaufklärung until November 1944, working on cryptanalysis and decoding of British, USA, French and Balkan cipher systems.

In 1927, he was put forward by advisors Dr. Georg Wiarda and Max Otto Lagally for promotion to Dr. Phil in applied mathematics with a thesis titled: Application of the theory of integral equations to the impact problem of solid insulators (German:Anwendung der Theorie der Integralgleichungen auf das Durchschlagsproblem von festen Isolatoren).

At the age of 27, he qualified as a lecturer at the Dresden University of Technology and passed the habilitation for the higher school office.

In 1930 he went to work in the debt service, but at the same time taught as a lecturer at the TH Dresden, in 1938 he was awarded the title of professor extraordinarius.