FRANK, FRANZ HERMANN REINHOLD VON (1827-1894), German Lutheran theologian, was born on March 25, 1827, at Altenburg, and educated at Leipzig university. After teaching at Ratzeburg and Altenburg, in 1857 he was appointed professor of theology at Erlangen, where he died on Feb. 7, Frank's chief works are : System der christlichen Gewissheit (187o-73 ; 2nd ed., 1881-83; Eng. trans., 1886), in which he dis cusses the basis of belief ; System der christlichen Wahrheit (1878-80; 3rd ed., ; System der christlichen Sittlichkeit (1884-87; Eng. trans., 1886) ; Zur Tlieologie A. Ritschls (3rd ed., 1891), in which he attacks Ritschls' theology; and Gesch. and Kritik der neueren Theologie 3rd ed., 1898).
See Herzog's Realencyklopadie.