KINKEL

Johann Gottfried . b. Oberca el near Bonn 15 Aug. 1815; poet; profe or at univ. Bonn 1845, took part in revolution of 1848, imprisoned at Spandau, escaped and fled to England Nov. 1850; examiner in German language at univ. of London 1851–66; lectured on the modern drama 28 April 1851; founded a German journal in London, Hermann Deutsches Wochenblatt aus London, edited it 8 Jany. 1859 to 1869; profe or of archæology in polytechnikum, Zurich 1866 to death; author of Festrede bei der Schillerfeier in Krystallpalast. London 1859; Lecture on physical geography and its application to the teaching of geography in schools, delivered in Science and Art Department, London 1860; and about 50 other works printed at Basle, Bonn, Berlin, Cologne, E en, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipsic, Stuttgard, Vienna and Zurich 1841–79. d. Zurich 13 Nov. 1882. m. Johanna Mockel who d. London 15 Nov. 1858, she was the author of Hans Ibeles in London, Stuttgard 2 vols. 1860, and of Twelve stories of earth, air and water, printed in Mama’s Stories, London 1872 pp. 133–75, she was also a musical composer.