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Fabian Franklin
1853–1939
A mathematician-turned-editor with a gift for clear argument, he moved from Johns Hopkins classrooms into public debate and became a notable voice in American journalism.
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What Prohibition Has Done to America
by Fabian Franklin
About the author
Born in Hungary in 1853 and brought to the United States as a small child, Fabian Franklin built an unusually wide-ranging career as an engineer, mathematician, and journalist. He studied and later taught at Johns Hopkins University, where his mathematical work included research in algebra and combinatorics.
In 1895, he left academic life and turned to journalism. He became known as an editorial writer and editor, especially through his work with the Baltimore News and the New York Evening Post, bringing an analytical, precise style to public affairs.
Franklin was also the husband of logician and scientist Christine Ladd-Franklin. He died in 1939, remembered today both for his mathematical contributions and for the rare way he bridged scholarship and public writing.