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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hermann Ferdinand Fränkel May 7, 1888 |
| Died | April 8, 1977 (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.
Bibliography
edit- 1921 Die homerischen Gleichnisse, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1930 Parmenidesstudien, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
- 1945 Ovid: A Poet Between Two Worlds, Berkeley: University of California Press.
- 1951 Dichtung und Philosophie des frühen Griechentums, New York: American Philological Association.
- 1955 Wege und Formen frühgriechischen Denkens, Munich: Beck.
- 1957 Wege der Wissenschaft zur Wirklichkeit, Freiburg: H.F. Schulz.
- 1961 Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford Classical Texts)
- 1964 Einleitung zur kritischen Ausgabe der Argonautika des Apollonios, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- 1968 Noten zu den Argonautika des Apollonios, Munich: Beck.
- 1974 Grammatik und Sprachwirklichkeit, Munich: Beck.
Notes
edit- ^ Fränkel, Hermann Ferdinand (1975) [1951]. Early Greek poetry and philosophy: A history of Greek epic, lyric, and prose to the middle of the fifth century. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-127190-9.
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