Franke, R.

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Rudolf Otto Franke
English Phonetics Rudolf Otto Franke
Sort Name Franke, Rudolf Otto
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Dates
Birth:   1862
Death:   1928
Place of birth:   Wickerode


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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)

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