Adelbert von Chamisso

(1781-1838)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838 LBT ID: AdChami1838 VIAF ID: 4927907 LOC ID: n80049626	B/BAP: 1781-01-30 DIED: 1838-08-21
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Born in France, he was a German poet, botanist, and associate of Madame de Staël; he wrote the popular story of the man who sold his shadow, “Peter Schlemihl,” in 1813.
REFERENCES TO Adelbert von Chamisso: Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847) Frankenstein Found 1: ¶ n1