Heinrich Rudolf Hildebrand (13 March 1824 – 28 October 1894) was a Germanist, contributor to, and then, editor of the Grimm brothers' Deutsches Wörterbuch.

He went on to study at Leipzig University, where he first studied theology as his father wished him to, but soon switched to classical and German philology.

He wrote his main thesis about Walther von der Vogelweide, which was later published in 1900.

[1][2] In 1848, he worked for a time as reviewer and translator of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and was considering a career as a publisher.

However, the same year, he started working as a teacher at the Thomasschule from 1848 and remained there to 1868.