Herman Kiefer
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Herman Kiefer (19 November 1825 Sulzburg, Grand Duchy of Baden – 11 October 1911), also spelled Hermann Kiefer, was a physician, politician and diplomat of the United States.
Biography
Germany
He was the only son of a physician, Conrad Kiefer. His mother was a daughter of the gardener of the Grand Duke in Karlsruhe. Thus, he was brought up in a conservative environment and trained to respect the established order of things. He attended
He was a delegate to the
United States
He arrived in the United States in September 1849, and settled in
He was chairman of the German
Family
He married Franciska Kehle of
Legacy
The Herman Kiefer Hospital was named after him. It was the Detroit public health hospital for 100 years. His namesake building was built in 1928, and used as a hospital until 2013 (85 years).
Notes
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References
- University of Michigan, Proceedings of Board of Regents 1901-1906.
- Florer, Warren Washburn (1918). The Revolution of 1848: Dr. Hermann Kiefer. Boston: The Gorham Press.
- Wittke, Carl (1952). Refugees of Revolution: The German Forty-Eighters in America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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