Franz Muncker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Muncker

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1855

Place of Birth: Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1926

Profession: university teacher, philologist, literary historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Franz Muncker (4 December 1855 in Bayreuth – 7 September 1926 in Munich) was a German literary historian. From 1873 he studied Old German and Romance languages and literature under Konrad Hofmann and modern languages and literature with Michael Bernays at the University of Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1878.
In 1890 he was appointed successor to Bernays at Munich, where from 1896 to 1926, he served as a full professor of modern German literary history.