%0 Journal Article %A Grave, Jaap %T JOHANNES FRANCK %D 2020 %J De Moderne Tijd, %V 4 %N 1-2 %P 18-35 %@ 2667-162X %R https://doi.org/10.5117/DMT2020.1-2.002.GRAV %I Amsterdam University Press, %X 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. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/DMT2020.1-2.002.GRAV