BERNHARDI - some illustrious namesakes

George Christian Bernhardi (1722-1789) was the author of " Oden, Lieder, Erzahlungen und
Briefe" published in 1851.
August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769-1820) was the son of the Law High Commissioner in
Berlin Johann Christian Bernhardi (1738-1815).
August Ferdinand of the Margraviate of Brandenburg was a pedagogue, linguist and writer
who achieved renown and recognition through his linguistic research. In 1808 he was Headmaster of the Friedrichwerderschen Gymnasium in Berlin.
In 1799 he married the writer Sophie Tiech (1775-1833). They had two sons:
Wilhelm (1800-1878) who was a writer and Theodore von Bernhardi (1803-1887) who was a diplomat and moved to St Petersburg in 1834. His son Friederick became
General Friederick von Bernhardi (1849-1930) Born in St Petersburg, he was the outstanding military writer of his day. His publications were "On War of Today" 1913, "How Germany Makes War" 1914 and "The War of the Future in the light of the lessons of the World War 1921.

Johannes Jakob Bernhardi (1774-1850) was a botanist, mineralogist and Professor of Botany at Erfurt University in 1805. He was Director of the University Botanic Gardens in Erfurt from 1799 to 1850 and was made Vice President of the University on 1842. As a plant collector, his collection included specimens brought back by Banks from Captain Cook's voyages and from Darwin. In 1857 this collection was purchased on behalf of Henry Shaw (born Sheffield, England) and founded the Missouri Botanic Garden.

Karl Christian Sigismund Bernhardi (Dr) (1799-1874) Historian, Librarian at Kassel, N Hesse
1834 formed the Assoc for Hessian History & Regional Studies with the Brothers Grimm
1844 created a language map of Germany
1848 became Member of first German National Assembly in Frankfurt Paulskirche
1859-1874 Chairman Assoc Hessian History & Regional Studies
1867-1868 Member Preuss Lower House
1867-1869 Member Realm North Germans of Federation

Carl Bernhardi (Dr) born 1843 in Koenigsberg, Prussia. Previous to graduation he served as
volunteer surgeon in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
1869 he went to the USA, stayed with friends in St Louis, learned that
there was an opening for a German physician at Rock Island which he
took-up and remained one of the city's successful physicians and
respected citizens.
Carl Oscar Bernhardi (Dr) born 1880 in Rock Island, son of Dr Carl Bernhardi, was well-known
as a successful, learned and skillful young physician.