Hermann Ferdinand Fränkel (May 7, 1888 – April 8, 1977) was a

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classical scholar. He served as professor of

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philology at Stanford University until 1953. Son of professor

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and younger brother of

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, Fränkel studied classics at Berlin, Bonn and Göttingen. He later lectured at Göttingen, but was denied a professorship after the

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. 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

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and

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. Fränkel made important contributions to Early Greek poetry and philosophy interpretation. His son Hans Fränkel became a noted scholar of Chinese literature.

Bibliography

* 1921 ''Die homerischen Gleichnisse'', Göttingen:

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. * 1930 ''Parmenidesstudien'', Berlin:

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. * 1945 ''Ovid: A Poet Between Two Worlds'', Berkeley: University of California Press. * 1951 ''Dichtung und Philosophie des frühen Griechentums'', New York:

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. * 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.

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1888 births 1977 deaths Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States American classical scholars Stanford University Department of Classics faculty Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{Germany-academic-bio-stub