Karl Gottlieb Reissiger

Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, a German composer, born at Belzig, near Wittenberg, Jan. 31, 1798, died in Dresden, Nov. 7, 1859. He was intended for the church, but devoted himself to music, became professor at the musical institution of Berlin, and on the death of Weber succeeded him as chapelmaster at Dresden. His most successful operas are Die Felsenmühle, Libella, Turandot, Adèle de Foix, and Der Schiff bruch der Medusa. He is better known by the oratorio David, and his minor pieces, particularly his songs for the bass voice, such as Heine's Zwei Grenadiere.

Karl Heinrich Baumgartner

Karl Heinrich Baumgartner, a German physiologist, born at Pforzheim, Baden, Oct. 21, 1798. He is a graduate of Heidelberg, and was professor of clinics there from 1824 to 1862, when he published Vermachtnisse eines Klini-Jcers. He acquired renown by his observations on the development of animals, and by his investigations on the circulation of the blood. His medical works included Handbuch der speciel-len Krankheits- und Heilungslehre (2 vols., Stuttgart, 1885; 4th ed., 1842), and Grundzuge zur Physiologic und zvr allgemeinen Krankheits- und Heilungslehre (1837; 3d ed., 1854). These two works constitute his Dualistisches System der Medecin. Among his physiological publications are Die Embryonalanlage durch Kiiuixptiltungen (1854), Anfangezu einer phy-siologischen Schfofungsgetchichte (1855), and Schopfungsgedanken (Freiburg, 1856 - '9).

Karl Heinrich Emanuel Koch

Karl Heinrich Emanuel Koch, a German traveller, born in Weimar in 1809. He studied the natural sciences and medicine at Wurzburg and Jena, and undertook in 1836 a scientifie journey through the southern provinces of Russia and the Caucasus, of which he published a narrative (2 vols., Stuttgart, 1842-3). In a second journey in 1843-4 he extended his researches through Turkey and Armenia to the Caspian sea, obtaining the materials for a new work, Wanderungen im Orient (3 vols., "Weimar, 1846-'7). On the outbreak of the eastern war, vol. iii. of the latter work was published separately under the title of Die Krim und Odessa (Leipsic, 1854; translated by Korner, London, 1855). He has also published Hortus Dendrologicus (Berlin, 1853-'4), Gartnerkunst und Pflanzenphysiognomie (1859), and Der botanische Garten (1860).

Karl Heinrich Graun

Karl Heinrich Graun, a German composer, born in Wahrenbruick, Saxony, in 1701, died in Berlin, Aug. 8, 1759. He studied music in Dresden, subsequently became tenor and composer to the opera house in Brunswick, and in 1740 was appointed by Frederick the Great his chapelmaster, a position which he occupied during the remainder of his life. He was the author of 30 operas, and an immense number of cantatas and miscellaneous pieces. His best works are the oratorio Der Tod Jesu, and his Te Deum.

Karl Hubner

Karl Hubner, a German painter, born in Konigsberg, June 14, 1814. He is a disciple of the Dusseldorf school, and excels in genre pictures. In 1864 he was appointed professor at Dusseldorf. Many of his works have been brought to the United States.