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Born in the town of Stein, Lower Austria, he studied law in Vienna and graduated with a PhD in 1827.

For fifteen years, he was tutor to the four sons of Archduke Charles of Austria.

Köchel was rewarded with a knighthood and a generous financial settlement, permitting him to spend the rest of his life as a private scholar.

Contemporary scientists were greatly impressed by his botanical researches in North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, the North Cape, and Russia.

In addition to botany, he was interested in geology and mineralogy, but also loved music, and was a member of the Mozarteum Salzburg.

He died of cancer at age 77 in Vienna.