Herbert Franke

German historian

Herbert Franke (27 September 1914 – 10 June 2011) was a German historian of China. He is particularly known for his works on the history of the Jurchen (Jin) and Mongol (Yuan) empires in China.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Herbert Franke (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 27, 1914, died Jun 10, 2011.¹

About

After the end of World War II, Herbert Franke, along with Wolfgang Bauer, was instrumental in establishing the Sinological Section at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). Later, he succeeded Erich Haenisch as the head of the Sinology Department at that university.

He is one of the authors of volume 6 of The Cambridge History of China dealing with the history of China under the Khitan, Jurchen and Mongol regimes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Herbert Franke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesChair 1980 to 1985¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Bonn³
Date not recordedUniversity of Cologne³
Date not recordedHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin³

Career

Occupation: historian, university teacher, cultural studies scholar, jurist, sinologist.⁶

1980 to 1985Chair, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München⁴

Personal life

BornSep 27, 1914, Cologne⁷
DiedJun 10, 2011, Gauting⁸
CitizenshipGermany⁹

Awards

1986Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art¹⁰
1953Prix Stanislas Julien¹⁰
Date not recordedBavarian Order of Merit¹⁰
Date not recordedBayerische Verfassungsmedaille¹⁰
Date not recordedOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹⁰

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