Francis Bull (4 October 1887 – 4 July 1974) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor.

[1] Bull finished his secondary education and enrolled at the University of Oslo, mainly being tutored by Gerhard Gran.

As a student Bull wrote the monographs Conrad Nicolai Schwach (1908) and Bjørnson og Sverige (published 1911).

[3] Bull was appointed professor in Nordic literature at the University of Oslo in 1920, succeeding the aging Gerhard Gran.

He held an honorary degree at Aarhus University from 1946, and was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1957.