Karl Bonhoeffer

German neurologist, psychiatrist and physician, he was professor of psychiatry and neurology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, and director of the clinic for psychological and nervous diseases of the Charité in Berlin.

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 (1876–1951). Two of his children were Klaus Bonhoeffer and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, both of whom were executed by the Nazis. Bonhoeffer died in Berlin on 4 December 1948 at the age of 80.