Heinrich Schacht

Heinrich Schacht (born 26 January 1840 in Lemgo, Germany, and died 8 Februar 1912 in Jerxen/Detmold) was a German pedagogue and ornithologist.

He attended the primary schools in Lemgo and from 1855 the teacher's seminar in Detmold, in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Here he was taught by Carl Weerth (founder of the Detmold museum), graduated in 1857 and became assistant teacher at the Kantorschule Oerlinghausen.

Schacht was a board member of the Zoological Section and wrote articles in the journals Ornithologische Monatsschrift and Der Zoologischer Garten.

His colleague, Gustav Wolff, wrote an obituary for Heinrich Schacht in the Ornithologische Monatsschrift.