Otto Wilhelm Thomé
German botanist and botanical artist
About Otto Wilhelm Thomé
Lived 1840 – 1925 (aged 85). Otto Wilhelm Thomé was a German botanical illustrator, illustrator, botanist, painter, mycologist and pedagogue.
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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Who was Otto Wilhelm Thomé?
German botanist and botanical artist (1840-1925)
When was Otto Wilhelm Thomé born?
Otto Wilhelm Thomé was born on 22 March 1840 in Cologne.
When did Otto Wilhelm Thomé die?
Otto Wilhelm Thomé died on 26 June 1925 in Cologne.
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Otto Wilhelm Thomé was a botanical illustrator, illustrator, botanist, painter, mycologist and pedagogue.
What nationality was Otto Wilhelm Thomé?
Otto Wilhelm Thomé was German.
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