KOLBE

Adolf Guillaume Herman , generally known as Herman Kolbe. b. near Göttingen 1818; profe or in museum of economic geology 5 and 6 Craig’s Court, Charing Cro , London 1845–51; Davy medallist of Royal Society 1884 for researches in the isomerism of alcohols; author of A short text book of inorganic chemistry translated by T. S. Humpidge 1884, 2 ed. 1888, and of other works printed at Braunschweig and Leipzig. d. Leipzig 26 Nov. 1884. KÖNIG, Charles Diet rich Eberhard . b. Brunswick 1774; ed. at Göttingen; came to England to arrange natural history collections belonging to queen Charlotte 1800; a istant to Jonas Dryander in charge of library and herbarium of sir Joseph Banks; a istant keeper of natural history department British museum 1807 and keeper 1813, in charge of mineralogical department to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1810, foreign secretary; F.L.S.; K.H. 1831; edited with John Sims The Annals of Botany 1805–7; published first number of ‘Icones fo ilium sectiles’ 1830; translated Tracts relating to botany 1805; An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants by K. Sprengel 1807. d. of apoplexy, British Museum, London 29 Aug. 1851. G.M. xxxvi 435–36 (1851).