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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-12-08 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007139b.htm person Kempe Friedrich Adolf Hermann AACR2 26 March 1844 March 1928 Place of Birth Deuben, Saxony, Germany Place of Death Tanunda, South Australia, Australia Missionary Botanical collector Hermann Kempe arrived in South Australia in 1875 and in 1877 co-founded the Hermannsburg Lutheran mission in Central Australia. He stayed for 16 years until ill-health caused him to withdraw. While at Hermannsburg he compiled a grammar and dictionary of the local Arrernte/Aranda language. He also made prolific collections of plants, including mosses and algae, which he sent to the Victorian Government Botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 800 of his specimens. 1875 1875 Life event - Arrived in South Australia 1877 1891 Life event - Co-founder of the Hermannsburg Mission, Finke River, Northern Territory Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)

Kempe sent his plant collections to Mueller

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 800 of his specimens

 'Kempe, Friedrich Adolf Hermann (Hermann)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kempe, Friedrich Adolf Hermann (Hermann) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A grammar and vocabulary of the language spoken by the Aborigines of the MacDonnell Ranges, South Australia Kempe, A. H. A grammar and vocabulary of the language spoken by the Aborigines of the MacDonnell Ranges, South Australia 1891 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14 1-54 Book: From joiner's bench to pulpit Kempe, Adolf Hermann; translated by P. S. Scherer From joiner's bench to pulpit Adelaide Lutheran Publishing House 1973 Journal Article: Plants indigenous to the neighbourhood of Hermannsburg, on the River Finke, Central Australia Kempe, J. [F. A. H.] Plants indigenous to the neighbourhood of Hermannsburg, on the River Finke, Central Australia 1880 Transactions, proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia 3 129-37 Book Section: A mission is established at Hermannsburg Lohe, M. A mission is established at Hermannsburg Adelaide Lutheran Publishing House 1977 Hermannsburg: a mission and a vision Leske, E. 6-41 Book: Australia, Willkommen: a history of the Germans in Australia Tampke, J. and Doxford, C. Australia, Willkommen: a history of the Germans in Australia Kensington, N.S.W. University of New South Wales Press 1990 Edited Book: Northern Territory dictionary of biography Carment, David et al Northern Territory dictionary of biography Rev. Darwin Charles Darwin University Press 2008