Kurt Ranke was a German ethnologist who specialized in the study of fairy tales.
10 Facts About Kurt Ranke
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Kurt Ranke was born in Blankenburg, Germany on 14 April 1908.
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Kurt Ranke subsequently transferred to the University of Kiel, where he in 1933 gained a PhD on fairy tales under the supervision of Karl Wesle.
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Kurt Ranke completed his habilitation on comparative religion, ethnology and ancient history in 1938 at Kiel under the supervision of Wesle.
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Kurt Ranke began publishing the Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales in 1957, and founded the journal Fabula in 1958, of which he served as editor.
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Kurt Ranke co-founded the International Society for Folk Narrative Research in 1959, serving as its first President, and appointed its Honorary President in 1974.
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In 1960, Kurt Ranke succeeded Will Erich Peuckert as Professor and Chair of Ethnology at the University of Gottingen.
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Kurt 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.
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Kurt Ranke was elected a Member of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1977.
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Kurt Ranke died in Stadensen, West Germany on 6 June 1985.