Gotthilf August Francke

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Gotthilf August Francke, 1743

Gotthilf August Francke (born April 1, 1696 in Glaucha ; † September 2, 1769 in Halle (Saale)) was a German theologian and educator .

life and work

View of the orphanage and pedagogy 1749

As the son of August Hermann Francke , he worked early on in the Francke Foundations in Halle, which he founded. After his studies, including in Jena , he was ordained pastor in 1720 . His first pastor was at the breeding and work house in Halle. In 1723 he was appointed adjunct at the Marienkirche and in 1740 received the post of archdeacon . Also in 1723 he was appointed adjunct of the theological faculty of the University of Halle at the same time as Johann Jakob Rambach ; In 1726 he was promoted to extraordinary and a year later after the death of his father to full professor (at the same time as Rambach). In 1730 he was appointed superintendent of the first diocese of churches and schools in the Saalkreis . In 1739 he received his doctorate in theology and in 1767 was appointed consistorial councilor for the Duchy of Magdeburg .

After the death of his father in 1727 he succeeded him as director of the Francke Foundations, initially together with his brother-in-law Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen until his death in 1739. He continued to expand his father's life's work and made particular efforts to do missionary work overseas, as in India and British North America . In 1741 he sent Henry Melchior Mühlenberg to Pennsylvania .

Gotthilf August Francke was buried in Halle's Stadtgottesacker . His grave is in crypt arch 81, the Francke family crypt. A grave inscription is no longer preserved.

Works

  • Kurtze message from some evangelical congregations in America. Hall: Waysenhaus 1744.
  • A guilty sacrifice of praise and thanks for the goodness and good deeds of God, as it was laid at the Waysenhaus at Glaucha an Halle fifty years ago, until here it was abundantly shown, July 24th, 1748 [...]. Halle: orphanage, 1748.
  • Notification and calculation of what was so well received by everyone and everyone in common during the first inspection of the hall circle, as well as otherwise sent by some patrons and friends and sent to E. Hochlöbl. The upper consistory made over loving contributions to the need of the preachers, school people and other people of all classes, who had been stripped of all means by the war [...]. Hall: Waysenhaus, 1761.
  • In response to all teachers and commons during the first inspection of the hall circle because of their particular diligence and willingness to procure and present a loving contribution to the need of the preachers and schoolchildren who have been put in extreme misery by hostile tribulations: along with some additional information in which news is given, as before many other communities have given it a laudable example of discipleship. Halle: Waysenhaus, 1761 (only one copy in German libraries, in Staatsbibl. Bamberg).

Editing

  • The Royal Danish Missionaries from East India sent detailed reports on the work of their office under the Heyden. 1710–1772 (so-called Hallesche reports , 108 volumes, digitized version ).
  • August Hermann Francken's explanation of the Psalms of David , 2 volumes; Halle an der Saale, 1730/1731
  • S¯efêr tehill¯im. Edendvm Curavit Gotth. Avg. Franckivs; Halae Magdebvrgicae: Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1738 (Hebrew edition of the Psalms, with a Latin foreword).
  • Johann Anastasii Freylinghausen … ingenious song book: the core of old and new songs… / published with a preliminary report. Hall: Wäysenhaus 1741.
  • Johann Arndts … Four books on True Christianity: that is, Of salutary repentance, heartfelt repentance and about sin… / together with the same little paradise garden; revised and published again with Fleisz . 11th edition, Halle: Wäysenhaus 1755.

Correspondence

  • Hertzliebe Mama: Letters from Jena Study Days 1719-1720. Edited by Thomas Müller and Carola Wessel with the collaboration of Christel Butterweck and introduced by Udo Sträter. Halle: Verlag der Francke Foundations in Niemeyer-Verlag Tübingen 1997 ISBN 3-484-84200-8 (Niemeyer); ISBN 3-931479-03-X (Francke Foundations).

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predecessor Office successor
Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen Director of the Francke Institutes
1739–1769 		Johann Georg Knapp
personal data
SURNAME Francke, Gotthilf August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Glaucha
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1769
Place of death Halle on the Saale