Background
He was born at Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1774.
(Excerpt from Annals of Botany, 1806, Vol. 2 Tan Editors...)
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He was born at Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1774.
He was educated at Gottingen.
He came to England at the end of 1800 to organize the collections of Queen Charlotte. On the completion of this work he became assistant to Dryander, librarian to Joseph Banks.
In 1807 he became assistant keeper, and in 1813 he was appointed keeper, of the department of natural history in the British Museum, and afterwards of geology and mineralogy, retaining the post until the close of his life.
(Excerpt from Annals of Botany, 1806, Vol. 2 Tan Editors...)