Ernst Francke
Ernst Francke (born November 10, 1852 in Coburg , † December 23, 1921 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German liberal journalist, political scientist and social politician.
Life
Ernst Francke was the son of the politician Carl Philipp Francke and his wife Amalie (née Niebuhr). He was married to Emma Francke (née Mayer). He studied philosophy , science and economics , but dropped out without a degree. After that, Francke was initially a private tutor in Saint Petersburg before working as a journalist from 1877. From 1881 he was editor-in-chief of the Munich latest news . In the following twelve years in which he was in charge of the newspaper, it developed into the leading paper in southern Germany.
During this time he also met Lujo Brentano . Through this, Francke's interest in social policy developed. After completing his new studies, Francke also received his doctorate in 1893 under Brentano as a Dr oec publ.
On the advice of Gustav Schmoller , Francke was entrusted in 1897 by Hans Hermann von Berlepsch with the editing of the journal Soziale Praxis . This was one of the central publications of the bourgeois social reform in the empire . Francke kept the job as editor until his death.
In 1901 Berlepsch and Francke were the founders of the Society for Social Reform . Francke became general secretary of the organization. In 1918 it had 4.5 million members. However, many of them were corporate members through other organizations.
In addition, Francke also published in the sense of national liberalism, for example for Bernhard von Bülow's foreign policy or for naval policy.
During the First World War , he was chairman of the moderate People's League for Freedom and Fatherland , which was created in opposition to the extremely nationalist Fatherland Party . During the First World War in particular, he campaigned for equal rights for workers. In October 1918 he was offered the post of the newly created Reich Minister of Labor . Francke refused because he believed that the government should be based on parliament and not be composed of specialist ministers.
After the November Revolution, Francke was one of the founders of the German Democratic Party . He was a member of the Provisional Reich Economic Council and the first socialization commission .
literature
- Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 49 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
- Klaus-Peter Hoepcke: Francke, Ernst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 325 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rudolph Bauer : Francke, Ernst , in: Hugo Maier (Ed.): Who is who of social work . Freiburg: Lambertus, 1998 ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 178
Individual evidence
- ↑ The term professor appears in many of the sources. It is unclear whether this was an honorary title or whether he was actually a university professor. franz-oppenheimer.de .
- ^ Ludwig Preller: Social Policy in the Weimar Republic. Kronberg, Düsseldorf 1978, p. 205.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francke, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, political scientist, social reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1921 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |