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August Hermann Francke

1663 - 1727

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August Hermann Francke (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈhɛʁman ˈfʁaŋkə] ; 22 March 1663 – 8 June 1727) was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and Leipzig and as deacon from Erfurt. In 1691 he found his calling at the University of Halle, where he turned towards the education of underprivileged children; he founded an orphan asylum, a Latin school, a German school (or burgher school), a Gynaeceum, the first Protestant higher girls school, and a seminary for training teachers. Francke's schools provided a prototype, which greatly influenced later German education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Hermann Francke is the 8,547th most popular politician (down from 8,179th in 2019), the 2,361st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,300th in 2019) and the 704th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, August Hermann Francke ranks 8,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Pēteris Stučka, Agnes of Dampierre, Mile Budak, and Beatrice of Savoy. After him are Thomas, Count of Flanders, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Maurice Rouvier, Francisco Guterres, and Victor Stănculescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, August Hermann Francke ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Newcomen, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Árni Magnússon, Guillaume Amontons, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, and Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Luca Carlevarijs, Agafya Grushetskaya, Ogata Kenzan, Cotton Mather, and António Manoel de Vilhena. Among people deceased in 1727, August Hermann Francke ranks 9. Before him are Ismail Ibn Sharif, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Veronica Giuliani, Francesco Gasparini, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Aert de Gelder. After him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Cornelis de Bruijn, Jakob Abbadie, and Boris Kurakin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Hermann Francke ranks 2,362 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943), Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), and Fritz Müller (1822). After him are Karl Frenzel (1911), John Sutter (1803), Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, August Hermann Francke ranks 704. Before him are Anna of Brandenburg (1487), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Eduard Meyer (1855), Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155), Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), and Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796). After him are Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), Ruth Fuchs (1946), Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783), and Otto Braun (1900).

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