Franklin Escher

Franklin Escher (1881–1952) was an American writer and editor whose work focused mainly on finance and business. Sources describe him as active in editorial work from the early 1900s and later as an editor and lecturer on financial subjects, with teaching connections to institutions including the American Institute of Banking, Princeton, New York University, and Dartmouth.

His books include Foreign Exchange Explained, Elements of Foreign Exchange, and Practical Investing, works that aimed to make complicated financial topics easier to understand for bankers, businesspeople, students, and general readers. His writing has also remained available through library and reprint editions, which suggests a lasting niche readership.

Some online book catalogs also list The Story of the U.S.A. under his name, but the records are inconsistent about which Franklin Escher wrote those later educational history books. Because of that uncertainty, it is safest to connect him firmly with the finance titles that are well attested.