Chamis'so, Adelbert

VON, a German naturalist and poet, of French extraction, B. 1781. He was of noble descent and accompanied his family to Pru ia at the commencement of the French revolution. He gave his early attention to the study of botany, and in 1818 joined a scientific expedition around the world, giving the fruits of his researches, on his return, to the University of Berlin. He was the author of the well-known romance Peter Schlemihl, or the Man without a Shadow, and of many poetical and botanical works. D. 1838. Chami o Island, of Alaska , near the head of the Bay of Good Hope, in Kotzebue's Sound, Lat. 66° 13′ 12′′ N., Lon. 161° 46′ W.