Adelbert von Chamisso
1781–1838
French-born poet and botanist whose family fled to Germany during the French Revolution. Member of the expedition to the Pacific under Otto von Kotzebue, 1815–18. Adjunct curator of the botanical gardens, Berlin, 1819; curator, 1833.
Sources
DSB
NDB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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