Robert Franz Landolt

Born 1913
Died 2008

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Swiss paediatrician, born December 14, 1913, Zürich; died October 20, 2008.

Biography of Robert Franz Landolt

Robert Franz Landolt is the son of Ernst Landolt. He grew up in Zurich where he studied medicine, except for a foreign semester 1936/1937 in Berlin. He graduated in 1938. In 1949 he finished his specialisation in pediatrics. In the spring of this year Landolt was put in charge of the small children's ward then created in the departement of Internal Medicine of the cantonal hospital of Chur. In 1967 a paediatric clinic was created in Chur and Landolt was appointed head of the departement. He retired in 1981. He was married to Anny née Hatz (1915-2007)

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