Heinrich Beck (philologist)

Heinrich Beck
Born	(1929-04-02)2 April 1929 Nördlingen, Germany
Died	5 June 2019(2019-06-05) (aged 90) Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1988)
Academic background
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Reykjavík University
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology
Institutions	Saarland University University of Bonn
Notable students	Arnulf Krause Astrid van Nahl Michael Schulte
Main interests	Early Germanic culture
Notable works	Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (1968-2008)

Heinrich Beck (born 2 April 1929 – 5 June 2019) was a German philologist who specialized in Germanic studies. A Professor of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at Saarland University and later the University of Bonn, Beck was a co-editor of the second edition of Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde and one of the world's leading experts on early Germanic culture.