Peter Schlemihl
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Peter Schlemihl is the title character of an 1814 novella, Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte, written in German by exiled French aristocrat Adelbert von Chamisso.
First edition frontispiece
Adelbert von Chamisso
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Adelbert von Chamisso was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt.
Peter Schlemihl
…character of an 1814 novella, Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story), written in German by exiled French aristocrat Adelbert von Chamisso. In the story, Schlemihl sells his shadow to the Devil for a bottomless wallet (the gold sack of Fortunatus), only to find that a man without a shadow…
Chamisso's tomb in Berlin
The pictured Mojave suncup, Camissonia brevipes, is an example of a genus named for the poet-botanist.