Kuno Francke

Kuno Francke (27 September 1855 – 1930), was a U.S. (Danish-born) educator and historian. Most of his career was spent at Harvard University where he eventually became a professor of history and German culture and curator of the Germanic Museum.

Biography Francke was born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark (now in Germany), in 1855, where he received his early education at the Kiel gymnasium. He was a close associate of art historian Ephraim Emerton, and through him met Harvard University president Charles William Eliot. In 1884 he became an instructor at Harvard, in 1887 assistant professor of German, in 1892 assistant professor of German literature, and earned a full professorship of history and German culture in 1896.

Works Works published in Germany: Die Kulturwerte der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters (1910) Germany's Fateful Hour (1914) A German-American's Confession of Faith (1915), about World War I Personality in German Literature before Luther (1916) The German Spirit (1916)

He also edited Munsey's collections of German classics.