August Hermann Franke

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August Hermann Franke (born August 30, 1853 in Sundern (today Gütersloh ), † May 31, 1891 in Montreux ) was a German Protestant theologian and hymn poet .

August Hermann Franke

Life

August Hermann Franke was born on August 30, 1853 in Sundern, the son of a teacher. His father was appointed head of an orphanage and poor house in Barmen , where Franke attended high school. After he had passed his Abitur , he moved to the University of Leipzig in 1872 to study theology. Two years later he moved to the University of Bonn , teaching at a secondary school for girls on the side to finance his studies. Because of overexertion, Franke suffered from severe lung bleeding from 1876 onwards , but at the end of that year he was still able to pass his first theological exam. After spending the winter in Montreux, the University of Bonn appointed him a licentiate in theology in 1878 . From November he stayed at the royal candidate pen in Berlin , where he became an assistant the following year. He taught about the Old and New Testament . But he soon had to give up this position because of pneumonia .

After Franke got better, he worked as an inspector at the Tholuck Konvikt in Halle (Saale) . 1881 finally he was for the New Testament habilitation . Three years later he was hired as a paid associate professor at the theological faculty of the University of Halle , and in the following year he moved to the University of Kiel as a full professor . In 1889 he retired and died on May 31, 1891 during a recreational stay in Montreux because of his lung disease. He was buried in the Laurentiusfriedhof in Halle .

Because of his illness, Franke wrote only one scientific work apart from his habilitation thesis. He also wrote essays commenting on Paul's letters . He also wrote spiritual songs that were influenced by the revival movement of his time. Three of his songs were included in hymn books.

AH Franke - German Psalms, Gotha, 1899

Works

theology

  • The position of John to the people of the old covenant. Habilitation thesis. 1882.
  • The Old Testament with John: A Contribution to the Explanation and Assessment of the Johannine Scriptures. 1885.

Songs and poems

  • German psalms, sacred songs and poems. Gotha 1889.
  • Now looking up happily. 1889. ( EG 394)
  • Now accept me, you God of grace.
  • Give me more faith.

literature

  • Herbert Lölkes: Franke, August Hermann . In: Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Wer ist Wer im Gesangbuch? Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , pp. 96-97 .
  • Christian Stephan: The silent faculty - Biographical contributions to the history of the theological faculty of the University of Halle. Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2005, ISBN 3-89923-103-1 , pp. 109-110.
  • Religion Past and Present . 2nd edition, Vol. 2, Col. 655.

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personal data
SURNAME Franke, August Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundern
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1891
Place of death Montreux