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Friedrich Adelbert Maximilian (Max) Kuhn

1842–94

German botanist. Student of Alexander Braun at Berlin. Completed his dissertation in 1867. Assistant at the royal herbarium, Berlin, 1866–8. Teacher at Königstadt Realschule, 1870; professor, 1889. Wrote several major taxonomic works on ferns.

Source

ADB.

Bibliography

ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.

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