Gustav Wilhelm Frank

Gustav Wilhelm Frank (also Gustav Frank ; born September 25, 1832 in Schleiz ; † September 24, 1904 in Hinterbrühl ) was a Protestant theologian .

Gustav Frank studied at the University of Jena , where he became friends with his teacher Karl August Hase . With others he was 1890-1893 Hase's collected works out. In 1859 he completed his habilitation in Jena and in 1864 became an associate professor of theology. In 1867 he followed a call to Vienna as a full professor of systematic theology and symbolism , where he also became a member of the k. k. Evangelical upper church council was appointed.

Works (selection)

• The Jenaic theology in its historical development. A festival . Leipzig 1858 ( online ).
• History of Protestant Theology . 4 vols. Leipzig 1862–1905:
  • First part: From Luther to Johann Gerhard (1862) ( online ).
  • Second part: From Georg Calixt to Wolff 's philosophy (1865) online .
  • Third part: History of rationalism and its opposites (1875) ( online ).
  • Fourth part: The theology of the nineteenth century (1905).
• Johann Major the Wittenberg Poet. A contribution to the history of Protestan theology and humanism in the XVI. Century . Hall 1863.
• The k. k. Protestant theological faculty in Vienna from its foundation to the present. To celebrate their fiftieth anniversary . Vienna 1871 ( online ).
• The tolerance patent of Emperor Joseph II. Documented history of its creation and its consequences. Säcular Festschrift. Vienna 1882 ( online ).

literature

• Frank Gustav Wilhelm. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 343.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Frank, Gustav. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 92-93.

Web links

Wikisource: Gustav Frank  - Sources and full texts

• Gustav Wilhelm Frank in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna