Early Life
Fritz Augustus Heinze (known as F Augustus Heinze) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to wealthy immigrant parents, Otto Heinze from Germany and Lida Lacey from Ireland. He was very bright and had a good education in Germany (from 9 to 15 years of age) and at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now Polytechnic University) and was fluent in various languages. He then graduated from Columbia University’s School of Mines, New York, in 1889. Instead of undertaking further studies in Germany, as his father wished, he headed west to Colorado and Salt Lake City to pursue his interest in mining.
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