Herbert Franke (sinologist)

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Herbert Franke
Born	(1914-09-27)September 27, 1914
Died	June 10, 2011(2011-06-10) (aged 96)
Citizenship	German
Fields	History, sinology

Herbert Franke (27 September 1914 – 10 June 2011^[1]) 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.

After the end of WWII, Herbert Franke, along with Wolfgang Bauer, was instrumental in establishing the Sinological Section in the University of Munich. Later, he succeeded Erich Haenisch as the head of the Sinology Department at that university.^[2]

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

References

↑ Obituary notice in Süddeutsche Zeitung
↑ Hsiao-yun Kleber-Chan, Sinology in Germany 1998-11-11

External links

Herbert Franke in the German National Library catalogue

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Name	Franke, Herbert
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Date of birth	27 September 1914
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Date of death	10 June 2011
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