Kuno Francke

Kuno Francke (27 September 1855 – 1930), was a U.S. (German-born) educator and historian.

[2] He was a close associate of art historian Ephraim Emerton, and through him met Harvard University president Charles William Eliot.

[1] He remained curator at Harvard until 1929, when he retired, and died the next year in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

From the German imperial government, he received the title of Chevalier Royal Prussian Order Red Eagle and Order of the Crown.

[1] A professorship in "German Art and Literature" at Harvard is named after Francke.