Jakob Franck

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Jakob Franck (born February 18, 1811 in Wachenheim an der Haardt , † September 17, 1884 ) was a German philologist and school teacher.

Life

Jakob Franck was the son of a winemaker. He attended the Latin school in Dürkheim , the grammar school in Zweibrücken and then studied theology in Erlangen and Utrecht .

Since he could not find a job as a theologian, he was initially a private tutor and vicar, but then turned to philology and in 1837 became a teacher at the Latin school in Annweiler . Here he was appointed sub-rector in 1845.

Franck was politically active during the revolution of 1848/49 , but was not prosecuted in the era of reaction that followed.

He conducted German studies and worked on the proverbs of his friend Wander . For his knowledge in the field of German literature, the Free German Hochstift named him its "master". In 1871 Franck was appointed to the board of directors of the Landau Latin School , and in 1874 he was appointed sub-principal of the Edenkoben Latin School. Franck retired in 1877.

He wrote more than 100 articles for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . He was on friendly terms with Wilhelm Wattenbach and Karl Bartsch and received an honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University . He worked for the Palatinate Museum magazine and wrote a. a. for the Serapeum and for Herrig's archive for the study of modern languages ​​and literatures .

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