Walter Henning born in the ancient fortress town of Ragnit, East Prussia now Neman, Russia, but grew up in Köslin in Pomerania on the Baltic Sea.Henning initially attended the University of Göttingen to study mathematics, &although he would soon choose to study Iranian languages instead, he would maintain an interest in mathematics for the rest of his life.

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