Hermann Fränkel
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Hermann Ferdinand Fränkel (May 7, 1888 – April 8, 1977) was a German American classical scholar. He served as professor of Ancient Greek philology at Stanford University until 1953.
Hermann Fränkel | |
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Born | Hermann Ferdinand Fränkel (1888-05-07)May 7, 1888 |
Died | April 8, 1977(1977-04-08) (aged 88) |
Nationality | German Empire |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Classical studies |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Academic advisors | Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Franz Bücheler Friedrich Leo |
Notable students | Bruno Snell |
Son of professor Max Fränkel and younger brother of Charlotte Fränkel, Fränkel studied classics at Berlin, Bonn and Göttingen. He later lectured at Göttingen, but was denied a professorship after the Machtergreifung. Eluding increasing racial discrimination by the Nazis, Fränkel immigrated to the United States in 1935. He was offered a professorship at Stanford shortly after. He also held guest professorships at University of California, Berkeley and Cornell University.
Fränkel made important contributions to Early Greek poetry and philosophy interpretation.[1] His son Hans Fränkel became a noted scholar of Chinese literature.