| Code | DS/UK/1664 |
| Dates | 27/09/1863-05/08/1946 |
| Person Name | Franke; Otto (27/09/1863-05/08/1946); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Franke |
| Forenames | Otto |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Sinologist. Travelled Asia / consulate work for China (1888-1901); journalist (1902-1907) and advisor for Chinese Embassy, Berlin; Chair Professor for Sinology at Kolonialinstitut Hamburg / University Hamburg (1909-1923); Chair Professor for Sinology at the University of Berlin (1923-1931). |
| Relationships | Son of Friedrich Franke and Henriette Franke, née Ziegler; husband of Luise Niebuhr; father of Olga and Wolfgang. |
| History | Studied history and comparative linguistics at the Universities of Freiburg and Göttingen (1884-); studied also law and Chinese; habilitation (1907). |
| Source | Wer ist's?, ed. by Herrmann A.L. Degener, Vol X, Berlin 1935, p.432-433. |
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