Daniel Friedrich Hecht (8 July 1777 in Sosa – 13 March 1833 in Saxony) was a German mathematician.[1] He was a mine manager, then a teacher and finally a professor of mathematics. He is most notable for writing high school textbooks on maths and geometry.

References

1. ^ http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Hecht.html

* M Koch, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970–1990).
* C Schiffner, Daniel Friedrich Hecht, Aus dem Leben alter Freiberger Bergstudenten I (Freiberg, 1935), 244–245.