Background
Franck, Burchard was born on May 6, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Walther and Anna (Schaefer) Franck.
Franck, Burchard was born on May 6, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Walther and Anna (Schaefer) Franck.
Diploma in chemistry, University Hamburg, 1950. Doctor rerum naturalium (Doctor in Sciences), University Göttingen, 1952. Habilitation, University Göttingen, 1959.
Research assistant, U. Göttingen, Germany, 1952-1959; dozent, U. Göttingen, Germany, 1959-1963; professor, U. Kiel, Germany, 1963-1968; professor, U. Münster, Germany, since 1968; director institute organic chemistry, U. Münster, Germany, 1968-1991; dean department chemistry, U. Münster, Germany, 1975-1976; professor emeritus, U. Münster, Germany, since 1991. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1965, U. Connecticut 1966, U. Oslo, 1967, U. Shanghai, 1985.
Member German Chemical Society (Richard Kuhn medal 1980), American Chemical Society, Royal Society London, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Renate Kayser.