Karl bonhoeffer biography

German psychiatrist (1868–1948)

Karl Bonhoeffer (German:[kaʁlˈbɔnˌhøːfɐ]^ⓘ; March 31, 1868 – December 4, 1948) was a German neurologist, psychiatrist and physician.

Life

See also: Bonhoeffer family

Bonhoeffer was born in Neresheim in the Kingdom of Württemberg to Friedrich von Bonhoeffer (1828–1907), who worked as judge in Ulm, and Julie Tafel (1842–1936).

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His brother was chemist Gustav-Otto Bonhoeffer. From 1887 to 1892 Bonhoeffer studied medicine at the University of Tübingen, in Berlin and in Munich. From 1904 to 1912 Bonhoeffer worked as a professor at the University of Breslau. From 1912 to 1938 Bonhoeffer worked at the Charité in Berlin. In 1898, he married Paula von Hase (1876–1951).

Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948) | American Journal of Psychiatry

Two of his children were Klaus Bonhoeffer and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, both of whom were executed by the Nazis.^[1] One of his daughters was Christine von Dohnanyi and one more son was chemist Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer died in Berlin at the [A psychiatrist under the Nazi dictatorship--Karl Bonhoeffer ... CESA