Karl Sigismund Kunth
1788–1850
German botanist. Worked in Paris on the plants collected by Alexander von Humboldt on his travels in South America and Mexico, 1813–29. Appointed associate professor of botany, Berlin University, and vice-director of the botanical garden, Berlin, 1829.
Sources
ADB
DBE.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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