Kuno Francke

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Kuno Francke
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Born(1855-09-30)September 30, 1855
Died1930 (aged 7475)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsHarvard University

Kuno Francke (27 September 1855 1930), was a U.S. (German-born) educator and historian. Most of his career was spent at Harvard University where he eventually became a professor of history and German culture and curator of the Germanic Museum.

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Biography

Francke was born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, in 1855, where he received his early education at the Kiel gymnasium. [1] He earned a Ph.D. in medieval folklore and poetry in Munich in 1878. [2] He was a close associate of art historian Ephraim Emerton, and through him met Harvard University president Charles William Eliot. In 1884 he became an instructor at Harvard, in 1887 assistant professor of German, in 1892 assistant professor of German literature, and earned a full professorship of history and German culture in 1896. [1] [2] In 1902, he became curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum (Germanic Museum) of Harvard University. [1] He remained curator at Harvard until 1929, when he retired, and died the next year in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [2]

He received the degrees of LL.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1904, and Litt.D. from Harvard University in 1912. From the German imperial government, he received the title of Chevalier Royal Prussian Order Red Eagle and Order of the Crown. [1] A professorship in "German Art and Literature" at Harvard is named after Francke. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1904. [3]

Works

Works published in Germany: [1]

Works published in the United States: [1]

He also edited Munsey's collections of German classics. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Francke, Kuno"  . Encyclopedia Americana .
  2. 1 2 3 Francke, Kuno, DICTIONARY OF ART HISTORIANS
  3. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  4. ""THE AMERICANS"; --- Prof. Kuno Francke of Harvard Analyzes Their Traits. Their Characteristics and Comparisons with Germans. Suggestive Study of National Character as Evolved From Composite of Many Types." New York Times Review of Books, June 27, 1909.
  5. "A GERMAN-AMERICAN'S CONFESSION OF FAITH", New York Times Review of Books, July 11, 1915.
  6. "Kuno Francke Search results". www.munseys.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-04.