REDERICK ADOLPH LEIPNER was born August 
-L 13th, 1827, at Breitman, in Saxony. His father was a 
schoolmaster, and in his father's school he received his early 
education. In his fifteenth year he proceeded to the Lehrer 
Seminar in Dresden, remaining there for nearly four years. 
Erom his childhood he had taken great interest in natural 
science, and was an enthusiastic collector of minerals, plants 
and shells. It is not surprising, therefore, to learn that 
whilst at Dresden he took charge of the museum belonging 
to the college. 
In 1848 he came to England as tutor in a family, and 
afterwards taught the grandson of Lord Justice Knight 
Bruce. From that time onwards England was his 
home ; and in 1854 he settled in Clifton as a teacher of 
German and Natural Science. He soon became a member of 
the Microscopical Society, and for many years was seldom 
absent from its meetings, taking an active share in its work. 
In 1864 Mr. Leipner succeeded to the Lecturership in 
Botany and Vegetable Physiology at the Bristol Medical 
School, and, when University College was founded in 1876, 
he was appointed Lecturer in Botany and in German. His 
connection with the College only ceased with his death in 
1894. The estimation in which his services were held is 
shown by the facts that in 1886 his status was raised to that 
of Professor of Botany, and that after his death a glass-house 
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