Charlotte Fränkel

Charlotte Fränkel (25 August 1880 – 7 December 1933) was a German classical archaeologist and teacher.

She was taught by Helene Lange and graduated from the Luisengymnasium Berlin on 29 October 1900.

Her 1912 doctoral thesis was titled Satyr- und Bakchennamen auf Vasenbildern.

Fränkel was one of only five women who received a doctorate in classical archaeology before the First World War (The others were: Margarete Bieber, Elvira Fölzer, Margret Heinemann, Viktoria von Lieres und Wilkau).

On 1 September 1933, she was forced to retire early due to implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service under the Nazi regime in Germany.