Karl Bonhoeffer


Karl Bonhoeffer was a German neurologist, psychiatrist and physician.

Life

Bonhoeffer was born in Neresheim in the Kingdom of Württemberg to Friedrich von Bonhoeffer, who worked as judge in Ulm, and Julie Tafel. 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 professor at the University of Breslau. From 1912 to 1938 Bonhoeffer worked at the Charité in Berlin. In 1898, he married Paula von Hase. Two of his children were Klaus Bonhoeffer and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, both of whom were executed by the Nazis. Bonhoeffer died in Berlin at the age of 80 after the end of World War II.

Works by Bonhoeffer