Max Henius was born June 16, 1859, in Aalborg, Denmark. He was the son of Isador and Emilie Henius, nee Wasserzug. The family was originally German, having migrated from Germany to Denmark.

Max Henius married Johanne Louise Heiberg, a daughter of Dr.and Mrs. E.T. Heiberg.

Mr. Henius's childhood home was in Schngaarsholm, Aalborg, Denmark. He studied chemistry at Hanover and at Marburg, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1881.

In this same year he left for America. Here he met Dr. Robert Wahl, with whom, in 1886, he started a laboratory for the study of the use of yeast in the production of beer. In 1891 they started a school for the training of brewers. The Institute was installed in its own building in 1901. Dr. Henius acquainted America with the great discoveries of Dr. Emil Christian Kansen of Denmark as to the scientific 2culture of the different varieties of yeast. The Institute is consultant to more than four hundred breweries in the United States.

Dr. Henius was on the Chicago World's Fair board appointed by the Danish government. He was chairman of the committee for the Danish-American convention in Aarhus, general director of the first brewers' exhibition in America, which was held in 1911 in Chicago, and was general secretary of their second exhibition. He was member and president of the board of the Chicago Public Library from 1914 to 1920, and again from 1925 to 1931. He was chairman of the committee that presented Denmark with the Rebild National Park in 1912; member of the board of the American Scandinavian Foundation, Chicago branch; member of the Chicago World Fair committee from 1926 on; member of the National Economic League (1928-1930); chairman of the American Rebild Committee until 1930; president of the Rebild National Park Board from 1930 to 1932; honorary citizen of Aalborg (1929); honorary president (1932) of the Dan-American Archives in Schngaardsholm.

He was member of Dania and the Harmonien Singing, Society, of Chicago. In 1918 he became president of the Jacob A. Hiis League, He arranged the tours of Harmonien to Denmark in 1924 and 1930. He was an honorary member of Harmonien.

Dr. Henius was killed in an automobile accident in Denmark in 1935.

Dr. Henius was joint author of the Wahl-Henius Handy Book of Brewing, and wrote many smaller articles.

[Translator's note: See also Danske i Udlandet, 1935, po. 357-358.]