Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Wikipedia
Born: July 6, 1818, Wrocław, Poland
Died: March 13, 1879 (age 60 years), Wrocław, Poland
Education: University of Wrocław
Parents: August Heinrich Anderssen and Elisabeth Karoline Schenck