Karl Ludwig Willdenow

Karl Ludwig Willdenow, a German botanist, born in Berlin in 1765, died there, July 10, 1812. He was professor of natural history at the medical college in Berlin from 1798 to 1812, and subsequently of medicine at the university. His principal works are Grundriss der KräuterTcunde (Berlin, 1792; 7th ed., 1831), and a new edition of Linnaeus's Species Plantarum, with the addition of plants discovered since the publication of that work in 1753, and arranged after the Linmean system (6 vols., 1798-1826; vols. v. and vi. completed by Link).

Karl Maykr

Karl Maykr, a German pianist and composer, born in Olausthal in 1799, died in Dresden", July 2, 1862. His father was a clarinet virtuoso, and was attached to the military band of a regiment ordered to Russia in the campaign of 1812. He remained in Russia, and the young Karl received at Moscow lessons from the pianist John Field. In 1818 he went to Paris, and during 1819 resided at Brussels. After this he travelled through Germany, and then returned to Moscow, where, as well as at St. Petersburg, he was held in high esteem as a teacher. He eventually returned to Germany. He was one of the most graceful composers for the piano of his day, and his numbered works for that instrument are 351. His larger compositions consist of concertos and rondos for piano and orchestra.

Karl Miekel Bellman

Karl Miekel Bellman, a Swedish poet, called the Anacreon of Sweden, born at Stockholm, Feb. 15,1740, died Feb. 11, 1795. He published religious poems and a translation of the fables of Gellert, but acquired renown only by the songs which he was accustomed to improvise at banquet tables. His songs and idyls, which he published under the title of "Letters of Fredman," are peculiarly naive, tender, and charming. His longest poem, "The Temple of Bacchus," is of an elegiac character, and marked by depth and brilliancy of thought. In 1829 a monument was erected at Stockholm in his honor, and a society named after him, the "Bellman," celebrates there an annual festival in his memory. His collected works were published at Gothenburg in 5 vols., 1836-'8.

Karl Oesterley

Karl Oesterley, a German painter, born in Göttingen in 1805. He studied in Göttingen, Dresden, and Italy, and became a professor at Göttingen in 1829. He subsequently perfected his art in Düsseldorf, Munich, and Paris, and became painter to the court of Hanover. He resigned his chair at Göttingen in 1863. Among his best known cartoons are "The Daughter of Jephthah," "Lenore," illustrating Burger's ballad, "The two Brides," "The awakened Dorn-roschen" (1861), "Hans Memling" (1865), and many altarpieces.

Karl Rokitansky

Karl Rokitansky, a German physician, born in Königgrätz, Bohemia, Feb. 19, 1804. He studied medicine at Prague and at Vienna, where in 1828 he became assistant to the pathological and anatomical establishment. In 1834 he became extraordinary and in 1844 ordinary professor of pathological anatomy, in 1848 honorary rector of the university of Prague and member of the Vienna academy of sciences, in 1849 dean of the medical faculty, and in 1850 rector of the university of Vienna. He resigned his professorship in 1874. He was the projector of the great hospital of Vienna. He is considered in Germany as the highest authority in anatomy and pathology. His principal work is Handbuch der patholo-gischen Anatomie (3 vols., Vienna, 1842-'6; English translation by the Sydenham society, 4 vols., London, 1845-52), entirely recast under the title of Lehrbuch der pathologischen Anatomie (3 vols., 1851-'61).