Karl Rudolf Stehlin (13 January 1831 in

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

– 12 July 1881) was a

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and President of the

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(1879/1880). He was the son of

Johann Jakob Stehlin Johann Jakob Stehlin (20 January 1803 – 18 December 1879) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland, Free Democratic Party. Born in Basel, Stehlin was mayor of that city from 1858 to 1868. He also represented the canton ...

(1803–1879).

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