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,_c._1930.jpg) Portrait of Busch, c. 1930 | |
| Born | Paul Busch 4 November 1867 |
| Died | 3 May 1950 (aged 82) Portachuelo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
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| Partner | Petrona Baldivieso (c. 1908–1910) |
| Children | 9, including Germán |
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Pablo Busch Wiesener (born Paul Busch;[α] 4 November 1867 – 3 May 1950) was a German-born explorer, physician, and politician. He served as sub-prefect of Ñuflo de Chávez Province and was the estranged father of Germán Busch, the president of Bolivia from 1937 to 1939.
Busch was born in Königsaue and raised in Eickendorf.
Early life and edit
Early life and education edit
Paul Busch was born on 4 November 1867 in Königsaue,[2] an agrarian settlement in the fertile Magdeburg Börde, near the eponymous city, in what is now the Bördeland municipality of Saxony-Anhalt.[3] His father, Ferdinand Busch, was Kapellmeister at the local Lutheran church in Eickendorf, St. John's, and taught music and mathematics in both Eickendorf and the adjacent villages.[4] His mother was Bertha Wiesener, and he was known to have had at least three siblings – although some sources cite as many as six.[5][β]
Busch received his primary education in Eickendorf and attended secondary in neighboring Magdeburg. He graduated as a physician in Halle an der Saale and completed specialist medical training as a surgeon at institutes in Hamburg and Berlin.[6] Writer Carlos Montenegro notes that Busch was "no more than in his mid-adolescence" by the time he completed his education.[7]
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Notes edit
- ^ Busch spent most of his life in Bolivia when it was common practice for foreign nationals to Hispanicize their names. During return trips to Europe, Busch would revert to his given name.[1]
- ^ Descendants of the Busch Becerra line assert that Busch was one of seven siblings; those in the Busch Antelo line claim they were only four. "Only the [latter version] has concrete data", says Brockmann.[6]
Footnotes edit
- ^ Brockmann 2017, pp. 22, 29.
- ^ Hollweg 1995a, p. 330; Brockmann 2017, p. 20.
- ^ Brockmann 2017, pp. 19–20.
- ^ Brockmann 2017, p. 20.
- ^ Brockmann 2017, pp. 19, 21.
- ^ a b Brockmann 2017, p. 21.
- ^ Montenegro 2015, p. 51.
Works cited edit
Books and encyclopedias
- Brockmann, Robert (2017). Dos disparos al amanecer: Vida y muerte de Germán Busch (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: Plural Editores. ISBN 978-99954-1-768-0.
- Hollweg, Mario Gabriel (1995). Alemanes en el Oriente boliviano: Su aporte al desarrollo de Bolivia (1535–1918) (in Spanish). Vol. I. Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Ed. Sirena. OCLC 365239192.
- Hollweg, Mario Gabriel (1995). Alemanes en el Oriente boliviano: Su aporte al desarrollo de Bolivia (1918–1945) (in Spanish). Vol. II. Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Ed. Sirena. OCLC 123260624.
- Montenegro, Carlos (2015). Baptista Gumucio, Mariano (ed.). Germán Busch y otras páginas de historia de Bolivia (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). La Paz: Librería Editorial LewyLibros – via the Internet Archive.
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