Karl Bohny

Red Cross Chief Physician Colonel Bohny (1914–1918)

Karl Bohny (born April 4, 1856 in Basel ; † March 28, 1928 there ) was a Swiss doctor and colonel in the medical service of the Swiss Army .

He worked for a time as chief physician of the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) and was President of the SRC from 1918 to 1928 as the successor to Isaak Iselin-Sarasin . For his services to the repatriation of war-wounded from the neighboring countries of Switzerland during the First World War it was established in January 1920 by the Medical Faculty of Basel University , the honorary doctorate awarded.

His son Gustav Adolf Bohny also became President of the SRC.

Family grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel
Grave slab in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

literature

Mathilde Paravicini : Children come to Switzerland. In: Eugen Theodor Rimli (ed.): The book from the Red Cross. The Red Cross from the beginning until today. Fraumünster-Verlag, Zurich 1944, pp. 336–367.

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personal data
SURNAME	Bohny, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bohny, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss doctor, President of the Swiss Red Cross
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1928
Place of death	Basel