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Johann Gerhard König: born in 1728 in Ungerhof, in polish Livland, private pupil of Linnaeus in 1757, lived in Denmark 1759-1767, naturalist at the nabob in Arcot, India 1773-1785, Danish medical missionary in Tranquebar, India 1773-1785, dead in Jagrenatporum near Tranquebar, India, 1785.

Examples of König's handwriting:

References:
Corneliuson, Jens 1997: Växternas namn, Vetenskapliga växtnamns etymologi, Stockholm.

Krok, Th. O. B. N. 1925: Bibliotheca Botanica Suecana, Uppsala & Stockholm.

Sandermann Olsen, S.-E. 1997: Bibliographia Discipuli Linnaei, Bibliographies of the 331 pupils of Linnaeus Köpenhamn.

Stafleu, F. A. & R. S. Cowan 1976: Taxonomic literature, vol. 2: H-Le, Utrecht.