Heinrich Bonhoff

Heinrich Bonhoff (born April 3, 1864 in Königshof near Hannoversch Münden , Kingdom of Hanover ; † February 28, 1940 there ) was a German medical officer and hygienist.

Life

Bonhoff was the child of the doctor Heinrich Bonhoff, born in Hanover in 1809, who acquired the Königshof estate near Hannoversch Münden in 1854 and converted it into a cold water and natural healing institution. It emerged from his father's marriage to Theodora Hedwig von Haynau, daughter of Eduard von Haynau . Bonhoff studied medicine at the Medical-Surgical Friedrich Wilhelm Institute and joined the Pépinière Corps Franconia in 1881 . In March 1887 he was at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin to Dr. med. PhD. As a medical officer, he was a battalion doctor for an infantry regiment in Poznan. From November 1891 to April 1896 he was assigned to the Robert Koch Institute . From April 1896 to July 1898 he was a scientific member of the new Institute for Serum Research and Serum Testing, which later became the Paul Ehrlich Institute in Steglitz . In July 1898 he left the Prussian Army . In 1899 he became Erich Wernicke's successor at the Philipps University of Marburg as an associate professor for bacteriology and hygiene . As senior physician general in the Landwehr , he finally became full professor and head of department at the Hygiene Institute. Scientifically, he dealt particularly with cholera , streptococci and meningococci . On September 10, 1913, he became general physician in the Landwehr.

personal data
SURNAME	Bonhoff, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bonhoff, Heinrich Bernhard Friedrich Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German medical officer and university professor for hygiene
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Royal court near Hannoversch Münden
DATE OF DEATH	February 28, 1940
Place of death	Hannoversch Münden