Jonas Charles Hermann Freund (1808 – 29 December 1879) was an Austrian-British physician, known as the co-founder of the German Hospital in London.German Hospital, Lost Hospitals of London, ezitis.myzen.co.uk
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Career

Born to a Jewish family in Bohemia, Freund received a medical degree at the

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. In London in 1843 he was a co-founder of London's German Hospital, which opened in October 1845. He was Physician in Charge of the hospital until about 1850. The evidence suggests that he was

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's doctor. Freund was Deputy Inspector-General of Army Hospitals in the Crimean war and an army surgeon.

Family

In London in 1846 he married Prussian-born Louise Amalie Rüdiger, who became a prominent editor and author under the pseudonym "Amelia Lewis". She was an inventor and a campaigner for women's rights. Their son

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became a prominent editor and publisher.

References

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