Surname: von Chamisso Forename(s): Adelbert b. 30 January 1781. d. 21 August 1838. Nationality: German. VIAF.
Poet and botanist. Born in the French province of Champagne but fled to Berlin during
the French Revolution. Educated at the University of Berlin. Author of the novella
Peter Schlemihl’s Wundersame Geschichte (Peter Schlemihl’s Marvelous History, 1814). Biographical information: DLB. (DD)