The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard

KLOSS, klōs, Georg Franz Burkhard, German physician and bibliophile: b. Frankfort, 31 July 1787; d. there, 10 Feb. 1854. He was the son of a doctor and studied medicine in Heidelberg and Göttingen, but soon turned to book collecting, and gathered a fine collection of old manuscripts, purchasing entire libraries of monasteries. Obtaining Masonic degrees, he started collecting books referring to Freemasonry. In 1844 appeared, at Frankfort, a bibliography of the Masonic works in his collection, another in 1846. His work &lsquo;Die Freimaurerei in ihrer wahren Bedeutung aus den alten und ächten Urkunden&rsquo; reached its second edition in 1854; he published (1848) &lsquo;Geschichte der Freimaurerei in England, Ireland und Schottland,&rsquo; then &lsquo;Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Frankreich&rsquo; (1852-53). His magnificent library of Masonic works is now at The Hague.