Hermann Fränkel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermann Fränkel

German-born American classical philologist

Date of Birth: 07-May-1888

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1977

Profession: writer, university teacher, classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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. Son of professor Max Fränkel and younger brother of de: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.
His son Hans Fränkel became a noted scholar of Chinese literature.