August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke (; 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.
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