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578 clerk in Berlin in 1806, but made the acquaintance of Alexander von Humboldt, who furnished him with means to attend lectures at the university, and afterward took him to Paris in 1813. From 1813 till 1819 Kunth devoted his time to classifying the plants that had been collected by Humboldt and Bonpland during their journey through America. Returning to Berlin in 1820, he became professor of botany at the university, and vice-president of the botanical garden, and in 1829 was elected member of the Academy of sciences of Berlin. In the same year he sailed for South America and visited, during a sojourn of three years, Chili, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Central America, and the West Indies. His collections were bought after his death by the Prussian government, and form a part of the royal herbarium in Berlin. Among his works are &ldquo;Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt&rdquo; (7 vols., Paris, 1815-'25); &ldquo;Les mimosées et autres plantes légumineuses du nouveau continent&rdquo; (1819); &ldquo;Synopsis plantarum quas in itinere ad plagam æquinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Humboldt et Bonpland&rdquo; (1822-'3); &ldquo; Les graminées de l'Amérique du Sud&rdquo; (2 vols., 1825-'33). These four works form parts iii. and iv. of Humboldt and Bonpland's &ldquo;Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amérique.&rdquo; He was the author also of &ldquo;Handbuch der Botanik&rdquo; (Berlin, 1831); &ldquo;Enumeratio plantarum omnium hucusque cognitarum, secundum familias naturales disposita, adjectis characteribus, differentiis, et synonymis&rdquo; (Stuttgart, 1833-'50); &ldquo;Lehrbuch der Botanik&rdquo; (1847); and &ldquo;Les melastomées et autres plantes légumineuses de l'Amerique du Sud,&rdquo; being a continuation of Bonpland's work (3 vols., Paris. 1847-'52).

KUNTZE, Edward J., sculptor, b. in Pomerania, Prussia, in 1826; d. in New York city, 10 April, 1870. He received his artistic education mostly in Stockholm, Sweden, gained the Roman prize in the academy of fine arts there, and subsequently lived for many years in London, England. In 1852 he came to this country and, devoting himself to his art, achieved a reputation, and was elected an associate of the National academy in 1869. Among his works are statuettes of Shakespeare, Goethe, Irving, Tennyson, and Lincoln; a statue of &ldquo;Psyche,&rdquo; one of &ldquo;Columbia,&rdquo; &ldquo;Puck,&rdquo; &ldquo;Puck on Horseback,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Puck on the Warpath&rdquo;; a bust of &ldquo;Mirth&rdquo;; &ldquo;Merlin and Vivien,&rdquo; in bas-relief; and many medallion portraits and busts. His principal work, a statue of the &ldquo;Indian Minstrel Chiabobos&rdquo; in Longfellow's &ldquo;Hiawatha,&rdquo; was left unfinished. He exhibited three etchings at the National academy in 1868, and published a juvenile book, &ldquo;Mystic Bells&rdquo; (New York, 1869).

KUNZ, George Frederick (koonts), mineralogist, b. in New York city, 29 Sept., 1856. He was educated at public schools and at the Cooper institute in New York. His fondness for mineralogy early asserted itself, and he was led to make expeditions in search of specimens. When a sufficient variety was accumulated, he would dispose of them as collections to colleges and other institutions of learning. In connection with this work he became familiar with gems, and was invited to fill the office of gem expert to the firm of Tiffany and Co., New York. At present (1887) he is the best-known specialist on this subject in the United States, and matters of importance are submitted to his judgment from all parts of the country. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, and a member of the New York academy of science, and other scientific bodies. Mr. Kunz has contributed papers to scientific journals and to the popular magazines. He is a specialist on the staff of the &ldquo;Century Dictionary,&rdquo; and is the author of &ldquo;Reports on Gems&rdquo; in the annual volumes of &ldquo;Mineral Resources of the United States&rdquo; (Washington, 1884-'7). He has now in preparation books on &ldquo;Gems&rdquo; and &ldquo;Pearls.&rdquo;

KUNZE, John Christopher (koon'-tseh), clergyman, b. in Artern, Saxony, 4 Aug., 1744; d. in New York city, 24 July, 1807. He received his classical training at Rossleben and Merseburg, and his theological education at Leipsic. He was for three years engaged as teacher of the higher branches in the school at Closter-Bergen, near Magdeburg, and for one year as inspector of the orphans' home at Gratz. While engaged at the latter place he was selected by the theological faculty at Halle to go to America in response to an application for a minister from St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran congregations at Philadelphia, Pa., was ordained by the Lutheran consistory at Wernigerode, and arrived in Philadelphia in September, 1770. During his residence in Philadelphia he opened a theological seminary, which the Revolutionary war brought to an end. During the British occupation Zion church was converted into a hospital, and St. Michael's was used half the day as a garrison church. For several years he also occupied the post of professor in the University of Pennsylvania, to which he was appointed in 1780, giving instruction in German and the oriental languages and literature. The university conferred on him the degree of M. A. in 1780, and that of D. D. in 1783. In 1784 he accepted a call to New York, where he labored until his death. He also occupied the professorship of oriental languages and literature in Columbia in 1784-7, and again in 1792-'9. Dr. Kunze's ability as a Hebrew and Arabic scholar was recognized outside of his church, and even by Jewish rabbis, who came to him for information. He was the leading spirit in the organization, in 1786, of the New York ministerium, the second Lutheran synod in the United States, and was its first presiding officer. Dr. Kunze was one of the earliest of the educated Germans in America who urged the expediency of giving the German youth an education in the English language. Through his influence and that of other progressive clergymen English came to be used in the pulpits of the German and Dutch churches, and the congregations which adhered to the old languages lost many of their members. His published works include a &ldquo;Concise History of the Lutheran Church&rdquo;; a small volume of poetry entitled &ldquo;Something for the Understanding and the Heart&rdquo;; &ldquo;A Table of a New Construction for Calculating the Great Eclipse, expected to happen June 16, 1806&rdquo;; &ldquo;Hymn and Prayer Book, for the Use of such Lutheran Churches as use the English Language,&rdquo; the first English Lutheran hymn-book ever published in the United States, containing hymns translated from the German collection, in the same metre as the originals (New York, 1795); and a &ldquo;Catechism and Liturgy&rdquo; (1795). He also published historical essays, sermons, and addresses.

KUNZE, Richard Ernest, physician, b. in Altenburg, Germany, 7 April, 1838. He came to the United States in 1854, and was graduated at the Eclectic medical college of New York in 1868, subsequently becoming a member of the board of trustees of this institution, was president of the New York therapeutical association in 1880, introduced to the medical profession the various cactean drugs, and has added greatly to the previous knowledge of medical botany. He published a