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Kurt Ranke was born on 14 April, 1908 in Blankenburg, German Empire, is a German philologist (1908–1985). Discover Kurt Ranke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
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Born 14 April 1908
Birthday 14 April
Birthplace Blankenburg, German Empire
Date of death 6 June, 1985
Died Place Stadensen, West Germany
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1908

Kurt Ranke (14 April 1908 – 6 June 1985) was a German ethnologist who specialized in the study of fairy tales.

Kurt Ranke was born in Blankenburg, Germany on 14 April 1908.

His father was a postal inspector.

1927

Growing up in Essen, Ranke studied Germanistics, ethnology and history at the universities of Bonn and Munich from 1927 to 1930.

1933

Ranke subsequently transferred to the University of Kiel, where he in 1933 gained a PhD on fairy tales under the supervision of Karl Wesle.

1938

He completed his habilitation on comparative religion, ethnology and ancient history in 1938 at Kiel under the supervision of Wesle.

His habilitation thesis centered on the cult of the dead in Indo-European religion.

After gaining his habilitation, Ranke lectured at Kiel on ethnology and ancient history, but was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II.

1951

In 1951 he resumed lecturing at Kiel.

1957

He began publishing the Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales in 1957, and founded the journal Fabula in 1958, of which he served as editor.

1958

In 1958 he was appointed an associate professor at Kiel.

1959

Ranke co-founded the International Society for Folk Narrative Research in 1959, serving as its first President, and appointed its Honorary President in 1974.

1960

In 1960, Ranke succeeded Will Erich Peuckert as Professor and Chair of Ethnology at the University of Göttingen.

Ranke played a leading role in the publishing of the second edition of the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, and was a co-editor of several of its volumes.

He was also an editor of Folklore Fellows’ Communications.

1973

Ranke retired from the University of Göttingen in 1973.

1977

He was elected a Member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1977.

1985

He died in Stadensen, West Germany on 6 June 1985.

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