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_Law Times_, _xxxv_ 304, 315, 322 (1860). KOENIG, HERR. Played the cornet à piston at Jullien’s series of concerts at English opera house Nov. 1843; played at Surrey Zoological gardens 1849; was the finest cornet player of his time, the predecessor of Isaac Levy. _d._ Belleville near Paris, Dec. 1857. _I.L.N. 25 Nov. 1843 p._ 348, _portrait_. KOLBE, ADOLF GUILLAUME HERMAN, generally known as Herman Kolbe. _b._ near Göttingen 1818; professor in museum of economic geology 5 and 6 Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, London 1845–51; Davy medallist of Royal Society 1884 for researches in the isomerism of alcohols; author of A short text book of inorganic chemistry translated by T. S. Humpidge 1884, 2 ed. 1888, and of other works printed at Braunschweig and Leipzig. _d._ Leipzig 26 Nov. 1884. KÖNIG, CHARLES DIETRICH EBERHARD. _b._ Brunswick 1774; ed. at Göttingen; came to England to arrange natural history collections belonging to queen Charlotte 1800; assistant to Jonas Dryander in charge of library and herbarium of sir Joseph Banks; assistant keeper of natural history department British museum 1807 and keeper 1813, in charge of mineralogical department to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1810, foreign secretary; F.L.S.; K.H. 1831; edited with John Sims The Annals of Botany 1805–7; published first number of ‘Icones fossilium sectiles’ 1830; translated Tracts relating to botany 1805; An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants by K. Sprengel 1807. _d._ of apoplexy, British Museum, London 29 Aug. 1851. _G.M. xxxvi_ 435–36 (1851). KORTRIGHT, SIR CHARLES EDWARD KEITH (1 son of Cornelius Kortright of Hylands near Chelmsford). _b._ St. Croix, West Indies 25 Feb. 1813; ed. Copenhagen univ.; British consul at Carthagena, New Grenada 1844–57, acted as French consul 1851–6; consul for the state of Pennsylvania 1857–71 and for Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, etc. 1871–76; retired on a pension of £600, 8 Aug. 1878; knighted by patent 21 Oct. 1886. _d._ 2 Grosvenor crescent, London 19 May 1888. KOTTAUN, THOMAS. _b._ Bohemia 1827; member of Brighton town band 1861; connected with 1 Sussex rifle volunteer band about 1863–80; conductor of band playing on Chain pier, Brighton for many years. _d._ Park st. Brighton, Oct. 1885. KOUR, JENDA, Maharanee of Lahore. A dancing girl; favourite of the maharajah Ranjeet Singh (_b._ 2 Nov. 1780, founder of the Sikh empire, _d._ Lahore 27 June 1839); murdered all the near relatives of Ranjeet Singh 1839 etc., and placed her own son Dhuleep Singh _b._ 1838 on the throne of the Punjaub 1848; declared war against the British 1845, Moodkee, Aliwal and Ferozeshah ended the first Sikh war March 1846, she was granted annuity of 1 lac and 50,000 rupees 16 Dec. 1846; taken prisoner after second Sikh war 1849; a pensioner of the English government. _d._ Abingdon house, Kensington at 6.15 a.m. 1 Aug.