Biography
Dr.Georgi Sarafov
1848 – 1915 · born: Tarnovo
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Bulgarian military physician, participant in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876) and the Russo-Turkish War as a physician with a Romanian unit, later chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross and mayor of Sofia.
Georgi Sarafov was born in 1848 in Tarnovo. His brothers were the politician and Minister of Finance Mihail Sarafov and General Ivan Sarafov. He received his primary education in Tarnovo, after which he studied at a gymnasium in Bucharest, where he was close to Hristo Botev and Bulgarian émigrés. He graduated in medicine in Bucharest with a dissertation. As a military physician he took part in the Romanian sanitary mission in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876), and in the Russo-Turkish War he served as a battalion physician with a Romanian unit. He was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania and Russian medals. After the Liberation he was a municipal physician in Gorna Oryahovitsa until 1880, and then a resident physician at the first-class hospital in Varna. He continued his military career as a battalion and regimental physician, headed the Military Feldsher School, and retired with the rank of sanitary lieutenant colonel. He was a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh Supreme Medical Council. He was an initiator of the establishment of the Bulgarian Red Cross, and served as vice-chairman and chairman of the organization until 1895. He was a member of parliament and mayor of Sofia in 1908. He died at the age of 67 in 1915.
Main contributions
- Participation as a military physician in the Romanian sanitary mission in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876)
- Participation as a battalion physician with a Romanian unit in the Russo-Turkish War
- Initiator of the establishment of the Bulgarian Red Cross; vice-chairman and chairman until 1895
- Headship of the Military Feldsher School
- Membership in the fifth, sixth and seventh Supreme Medical Council
Frequently asked questions
When and where was Dr. Georgi Sarafov born?
Dr. Georgi Sarafov was born in 1848 in Tarnovo. He died in 1915 at the age of 67.
What is Dr. Georgi Sarafov known for?
Dr. Georgi Sarafov was a Bulgarian military physician who took part in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War. He is known as the initiator of the founding of the Bulgarian Red Cross, its vice-chairman and chairman until 1895, and as mayor of Sofia in 1908.
Which wars did Dr. Georgi Sarafov take part in?
Dr. Georgi Sarafov took part as a military physician in the Romanian sanitary mission in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876). In the Russo-Turkish War, he served as a battalion physician in a Romanian unit.
Where did Dr. Georgi Sarafov work after the Liberation?
After the Liberation, Dr. Georgi Sarafov was a city physician in Gorna Oryahovitsa until 1880, then a resident physician at the first-class hospital in Varna. He continued his military career as a battalion and regiment physician and headed the Military Feldsher School.
What were Dr. Georgi Sarafov's contributions?
Dr. Georgi Sarafov initiated the founding of the Bulgarian Red Cross and served as its vice-chairman and chairman until 1895. He headed the Military Feldsher School and was a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh Supreme Medical Councils.
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See also
- Dr. Ivan Slavkov1848 – ?
A Bulgarian physician who graduated in medicine in Bucharest, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), and one of the founders of the Bulgarian Medical Society.
- Dr. Dr. Konstantin Ivanov Vezenkov1848 – late 1878
Bulgarian physician and volunteer who took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a military doctor of the Third Battalion of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. He gained renown for his personal intervention in the defence of Shipka on 23 August, when he led wounded men in a bayonet counterattack.
- Dr. Dr. Stefan Hadzhipenchev15 April 1848 – 18 August 1913
A Bulgarian physician from Tarnovo, a graduate in medicine from Bucharest, known for successfully bringing the cholera epidemic in Tarnovo under control in 1886. He died of cholera after the earthquake of 1913.
- Dr. Stoycho Hristov Zagorski1848 – 1902
Stoycho Hristov Zagorski was the first Bulgarian physician to hold the post of municipal physician in Sevlievo, a revolutionary activist and military physician who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a physician with the Romanian Red Cross.
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