Henry of Gorkum (c. 1378 – February 19, 1431) was a Dutchtheologian known for his commentaries onSt. Thomas Aquinas and his defense ofThomism.^[1]

Henry was born inGorkum in theNetherlands. He was a colleague ofJohn Capreolus at theUniversity of Paris, holding positions there between about 1395 and 1419. He taught philosophy atUniversity of Cologne, and from 1420 he was director of a self-fundedbursar there. He became University of Cologne Vice-Chancellor in 1424.^[2]

Later he was appointed a canon of theBasilica of St. Ursula. He was a defender of Thomism in the dispute between the followers of St.Albert Magnus and those of St. Thomas Aquinas at the university.^[3]

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