Otto Wilhelm Thomé
Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840–1925) was a German botanist and botanical artist from Cologne, best known for his compendium of botanical illustrations Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz in Wort und Bild für Schule und Haus (Flora of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in Word and Picture for School and Home), the first of 4 volumes with a total of 572 botanical illustrations, published in 1885 in Gera, Germany. Another 8 volumes were added to the set by Walter Migula with the republication in 1903. From 1897 to 1899, he was the Headmaster of the Business School Cologne.
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- Born
- 1840
- Died
- 1925
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- botanical illustrator · illustrator · botanist · painter · mycologist · pedagogue · teacher
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Otto Wilhelm Thomé appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an educationalist, head teacher, teacher and botanist (22 March 1840 – 26 June 1925).
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Otto Wilhelm Thomé was born on 22 March 1840 in Cologne and died on 26 June 1925.
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- 1.Otto Wilhelm Thomé im Historischen Archiv der Stadt Köln.
- 2.Hansa-Gymnasium. Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln. 2014-01-22.
- 3.Verzeichnis der Mitglieder Oktober 1906. Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, Abteilung Köln. 4-9. 2014-01-22.
- 4.Eduard Prüssen (Linolschnitte), Werner Schäfke und Günter Henne (Texte). 2010. 978-3-931596-53-8.
- 5.Bol. Soc. Brot. 10: 154. 1892 (IK)
- 6.in Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tome 206 1944 (IK)
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