Friedrich Ranke | |
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| Born | 21 September 1882 Lübeck, Germany |
| Died | 11 October 1959 (aged 77) Basel, Switzerland |
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| Influences | Friedrich von der Leyen |
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| Discipline | Germanic studies |
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Friedrich Ranke (21 September 1882 - 11 October 1950) was a German medievalist philologist and folklorist. His Old Norse textbook Altnordisches Elementarbuch remains a standard,and all literature concerning Gottfried von Strassburgs Tristan und Isold uses Ranke's line numbering for references to the text.
