German photographer who participated in a German expedition to the Southern Ocean to observe the Transit of Venus in 1874. Hermann Krone travelled in the company of his son, Johannes. The German party, led by astronomer Hugo von Seeliger, travelled to Port Ross, Auckland Island, setting up camp in what is now Venus Valley. They spent about five months on the island in 1874-1875, where Krone collected and made observations on the flora and fauna. F. Kurtz of the Botanical Society of Brandenburg had asked Krone's colleague, the astronomer F. Schur, to make some collections of plants for him, and Kurtz also listed plants collected by Krone. He later joined an expedition to Russia in 1887. The Hermann Krone photography collection is held by the Technical University in Dresden.

Sources:
E.J. Godley, 1970, "Botany of the Southern Zone — Exploration, 1847-1891", Tuatara, 18(2): 62.