Heinrich Strack

Johann Heinrich Strack (6 July 1805, Bückeburg – 13 June 1880, Berlin) was a German architect of the Schinkelschule.

His mother's brother was Johann Heinrich Tischbein, a famous portrait and history painter.

In 1862, during excavations in Athens, Strack, Ernst Curtius and Karl Bötticher discovered the Theatre of Dionysus, near the Acropolis.

Three years later, he was accepted as a foreign member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and began writings texts on architectural subjects.

His tomb at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery was designed by two of his students; Reinhold Persius and Julius Emmerich [de].