Gustav Ritter von Franck (born 22 March 1807, Vienna

Vienna

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 – died 8 January 1860, London) was an author and publisher.
Gustav Ritter von Franck was born on the 22nd of March 1807 in Vienna and was the son of the banker and businessman Johann Jakob Ritter von Franck and his wife Anna Maria, née Graumann. He was the second oldest of seven sons.

The father’s side of the von Franck family originated from Mulhouse

Mulhouse

Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

, which was, at that time, part of the Swiss Confederation.