10 Facts About Peter Kaufmann-Bohren

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren was born on June 23,1886, in Grindelwald, and he died on June 23,1971, in Thun, at the age of 85.

In 1886, Peter Kaufmann-Bohren was born in Grindelwald at his family's house.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren was the eldest son and grew up in a family eight siblings.

At the age of 19, Peter Kaufmann-Bohren travelled to England to earn money for the family and to learn the English language.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren went to Great Britain several times, spending seven years there.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren had been hired by Oliver Eaton Cromwell to do climbing in the Canadian Rockies.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren had helped construct the hut on the ridge in 1924 and was familiar with this approach.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren had had her own career in Grindelwald as a midwife from 1935 to 1951.

At the age of 85, while visiting his family in Thun, Switzerland, Peter Kaufmann-Bohren suffered a stoke.

Peter Kaufmann-Bohren died on the anniversary of his birth, June 23,1971, and was buried in the Grindelwald cemetery.