Henry B. Goodwin

Henry Buergel Goodwin (February 20, 1878 – September 11, 1931)[1] was a German-born Swedish photographer and linguist.

He studied Nordic languages at the University of Leipzig, graduating in 1903 with a Ph.D. thesis on the Icelandic manuscript Konungsannáll.

[2] With his move to Sweden, where he was naturalised in 1908, he also began to anglicise his name: he first added the "Goodwin" surname and omitted the Umlaut, changing "Bürgel" to "Buergel", and in 1907, he changed "Heinrich" to "Henry" and henceforth went by the name "Henry B. Goodwin".

Only a short time later, Goodwin wed Ida Helander, née Engelke (1874–1963), a teacher from Stockholm.

Goodwin became known as Sweden's foremost pictorialist photographer, and his works were exhibited and acclaimed internationally.