@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/DMT2020.1-2.002.GRAV, author = "Grave, Jaap", title = "JOHANNES FRANCK", journal= "De Moderne Tijd", year = "2020", volume = "4", number = "1-2", pages = "18-35", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/DMT2020.1-2.002.GRAV", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/DMT2020.1-2.002.GRAV", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2667-162X", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract Johannes Franck A career in the margins Johannes Franck (1854-1914) was the first professor extraordinarius(1886) and in 1912 a professor of Dutch and Low German in the German empire. In this article I describe his career largely until 1886 by embedding him within the scientific community of his time. Subsequently, I show how anti-Semitism prevented him from becoming a professor of German studies and discuss the policy of appointments in Prussia. To conclude, I argue that these aspects and the difference in scientific cultures between the Netherlands and the German Empire was partly responsible for the fact that he had a marginal position in between two scientific communities.", }