Franke, R.

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PersonType Category:Authors of German Works
Category:Professors
FirstName / namefirst Rudolf Otto
LastName / namelast Franke
MainNamePhon Rudolf Otto Franke
SortName Franke, Rudolf Otto
bio Rudolf Otto Franke (born June 24, 1862 in Wickerode ; † February 5, 1928 in Königsberg ) was a German Indologist .

Franke initially attended elementary school in Questenberg for four years and from there moved to the Latina in Halle, an der Saale , after which, after graduating from high school there, he studied classical , German and Indian philology at the universities of Göttingen and Bonn . In 1885 he received his doctorate in Göttingen and his habilitation in Berlin in 1890. He then became a private lecturer there . In 1896 he accepted the position of associate professor at the University of Königsberg in the field of Sanskrit studies . From 1921 he was a full professor. Franke worked at the Albertina University in Königsberg until 1928. (Source Accessed Dec 14, 2023)

YearBirth 1862
YearDeath 1928
BornIn Wickerode
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