Simon Heinrich Adolf Herling (13 October 1780 in Detmold – 1 April 1849 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German philologist and grammarian known for his scholastic treatment of German syntax.
[1] From 1801 to 1804, he studied theology at the University of Göttingen, afterwards spending several years as a private tutor in Frankfurt am Main.
He was a founding member (1817) and president of the Frankfurtischen Gelehrtenvereins für Deutsche Sprache.
[2][3] Along with philologist Karl Ferdinand Becker, Herling is considered to be a primary representative of the so-called school of "rational grammar" in Germany.
[3] His principal writings are: Herling was also the author of several treatises with mathematical and theological themes.