Hermann Fränkel
| Hermann Fränkel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hermann Ferdinand Fränkel May 7, 1888 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | April 8, 1977 (aged 88) Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | German Empire |
| Fields | Classical studies |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Academic advisors |
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Franz Bücheler Friedrich Leo |
| Notable students | Bruno Snell |
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 , 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 only short 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.
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