Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840–1925) was a German botanist and botanical artist from
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
, 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
Gera () is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of ...
, Germany. Another 8 volumes were added to the set by
Walter Migula
Emil Friedrich August Walter (or Walther) Migula (born 1863 in Zyrowa, Prussia (present-day Poland); died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a German botanist.
In 1890, he was habilitated for botany at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where ...
with the republication in 1903. From 1897 to 1899, he was the Headmaster of the
Business School Cologne.
Illustrations by Thomé
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Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
19th-century German botanists
German botanical illustrators
1840 births
1925 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
Scientists from Cologne
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