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Fabian Franklin
1853–1939
A gifted mathematician who later became a prominent journalist, he moved from academic life into public debate without losing his sharp, analytical style. His career crossed science, engineering, economics, and politics, giving his writing unusual range.
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What Prohibition Has Done to America
by Fabian Franklin
About the author
Born in Eger, Hungary, in 1853, he came to the United States as a small child and built an unusually varied career. He studied at Johns Hopkins, taught mathematics there for many years, and became known for work in algebra and combinatorics.
After leaving university life, he turned to journalism and public commentary. He worked as an editorial writer and editor, and he wrote widely on economics, politics, and public affairs with the same clarity and logic that marked his mathematical work.
He was also the husband of philosopher and scientist Christine Ladd-Franklin. Fabian Franklin died in 1939, remembered as a rare figure who moved successfully between scholarship and the wider world of ideas.