Otto Hohls
Otto Hohls (born March 5, 1862 in Hermannsburg , Natal ; † October 31, 1899 in front of Ladysmith (South Africa) , Natal) was a South African general practitioner .
Life
Born as the son of a superintendent of the Hanover Mission, Hohls studied medicine in Marburg , Erlangen and Strasbourg after attending a grammar school in Hamburg . During his studies he became a member of the Alemannia Marburg fraternity in 1880 , the Frankonia Erlangen fraternity in 1884 and the Germania Strasbourg fraternity in 1885 . He was promoted to Dr. med. doctorate and returned in 1888 to South Africa, where he worked as a general practitioner and district doctor in Greenersteur van Zoutpansberg in Pietersburg worked. In 1899 he went to Pretoria as a military doctor with the state artillery . He was appointed to the artillery by Petrus Jacobus Joubert and became supreme head of the entire medical service and later general physician of the Boer army. He died in 1899 during the Second Boer War .
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , p. 383.
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| SURNAME | Hohls, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African general practitioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hermannsburg (South Africa) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1899 |
| Place of death | Ladysmith (South Africa) |