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Fränkel
Fränkel (or Fraenkel) is a surname and may refer to:
This interesting surname is of German and Ashkenazic origins, used as an ethnic or regional name for someone from Franconia ("Franken" in Germany), which is a region of south-west Germany, so called because it formed an early Frankish settlement. Thus Frankel is a German and Ashkenazic diminutive of this placename. It may also be a form of "Frank", from the Norman given name "Franc", an ethnic name for a Frank (Germanic people who inhabited the Rhine region), plus the diminutive suffix "el", little. Frank also comes from a medieval English and old French word "franc", meaning liberal, generous (it meant free in earlier times, because only those of Frenkish race were free). German variant spellings include "Frankl, Frenkel, Frankel and Frankle", while Ashkenazic variants are "Frank(e)l" and "Frenk(i)el". Elias Benjamin Frankel married Elizabeth Myers at Christchurch, Southwark, London on April 25th 1850. One Marcus Frankel married Deliza Jones at St. John the Baptist, Shoreditch, London on December 4th 1871. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Francois Franchel, (marriage to Anne Scott in London), which was dated December 4th 1799, London Church Registers, during the reign of King George III, "Farmer George", 1760 - 1820.
Fränkel (or Fraenkel) is a surname and may refer to:
- Abraham Fraenkel (1891 – 1965), German-Israeli mathematician, known for Zermelo–Fraenkel set theoryZermelo–Fraenkel set theoryIn mathematics, Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with the axiom of choice, named after mathematicians Ernst Zermelo and Abraham Fraenkel and commonly abbreviated ZFC, is one of several axiomatic systems that were proposed in the early twentieth century to formulate a theory of sets without the paradoxes...
- Albert Fränkel (1848 – 1916), German physician
- Aviezri FraenkelAviezri FraenkelAviezri Siegmund Fraenkel is an Israeli mathematician, who has made notable contributions to combinatorial game theory. He was born in Munichon June 7, 1929, but his family moved to Switzerland soon after. In 1939 his family moved once more to Jerusalem....
(born 1929), Israeli mathematician - Baruch ben David Te'omim-FränkelBaruch ben David Te'omim-FränkelBaruch ben David Te'omim-Fränkel, Boruch Frankel Thumim was a rabbi, Talmudist at Vishnitsa, Austrian Galicia, and at Leipnik, Moravia, during the 1st half of the 19th centuryHe is the grandson of Aryeh Löb ben Joshua Feiwel Te'omim....
(1760 – 1828), Rabbi, Talmudist - David ben Naphtali FränkelDavid ben Naphtali FränkelDavid ben Naphtali Fränkel or David Hirschel Fränkel, , was a Jewish German rabbi.Born in Berlin, for a time he was rabbi of Dessau. He became chief rabbi of Berlin in 1742. Fränkel exercised a great influence as teacher over Moses Mendelssohn, who followed him to the Prussian capital...
(c 1704 – 1762), German rabbi - Eduard FraenkelEduard FraenkelEduard David Mortier Fraenkel was a German-English philologist.-Background and early life:Eduard Fraenkel was born to Jewish parents in Berlin. His father was a wine dealer, and his mother the daughter of an important publishing family...
(1888 – 1965), German-English classical scholar - Ernst Fränkel (physician)Ernst Fränkel (physician)Ernst Fränkel, Ernst Fraenkel German physician . He was the nephew of Ludwig F. Fränkel , German physician....
(1844 – 1921), German gynaecologist - Ernst Fraenkel (linguist)Ernst Fraenkel (linguist)Ernst Eduard Samuel Fraenkel was a German linguist who made major contributions to the fields of Indo-European linguistics and Baltic studies.- Life :...
(1881 – 1957), German linguist - Ernst Fraenkel (political scientist)Ernst Fraenkel (political scientist)Ernst Fraenkel was a German political scientist. He was one of the founding fathers of German political science after World War II....
(1898 – 1975), German political scientist - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat (1910 – 1999), biochemist
- Jonas FränkelJonas FränkelJonas Fränkel or Jonas Fraenckel was a German banker and philanthropist; son of Joel Wolf, grandson of David Fränkel, the author of Korban 'Edah....
(1773 – 1846), German banker and philanthropist - Josef Fraenkel (1903 – 1987), Austro-Hungarian (later British) journalist and author
- Knut FrænkelKnut FrænkelKnut Hjalmar Ferdinand Frænkel was a Swedish engineer and arctic explorer who perished in the Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 of S. A...
(1870 – 1897), Swedish engineer and arctic explorer - Leó FrankelLeó FrankelLeó Frankel was a Communist revolutionary of Hungarian and Jewish origin.- Life :He was born in 1844, in Óbuda...
(Léo Fränkel) (1844 – 1896), Hungarian communist revolutionary - Sándor FerencziSándor FerencziSándor Ferenczi was a Hungarian psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud.-Biography:...
(1873 – 1933), Hungarian psychoanalyst, born Alexander Fränkel
See also
- FrankelFrankelFrankel is the surname of:* Charles Frankel , American philosopher, known for Charles Frankel Prize* Benjamin Frankel , British composer* Bethenny Frankel, American chef and reality television personality...
, FranklFranklFrankl is the surname of:* Abe Frankl, see Yankee Rose* Adolf Frankl , Jewish Hungarian-Austrian painter* George Frankl , Austrian psychoanalyst and author* Gerhart Frankl , Austrian painter...
, FrenkelFrenkelFrenkel, FrenkielFränkel is a surname and may refer to:* Alexander Frenkel, German boxer of Ukrainian origin* Daan Frenkel , Dutch computational physicist* Danielle Frenkel , Israeli high jumper...