Otto Wilhelm Thomé

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Otto Wilhelm Thomé (born March 22, 1840 in Cologne ; † June 26, 1925 ) was a German botanist , illustrator and educator . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Thomé ".

life and work

Otto Wilhelm Thomé was on 13 December 1862 in Bonn with a thesis on the water hemlock doctorate . On October 18, 1872 he was awarded the steel war commemorative coin for caring for the wounded in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 . On July 27, 1876, he was appointed Rector of the Citizens 'School in Viersen and on April 1, 1880, Rector of the Higher Citizens' School in Cologne (Spiesergasse). The appointment as professor took place on September 16, 1882. The Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Cologne , the Hansagymnasium Cologne , the Gymnasium Kreuzgasse and the Handelshochschule Cologne later emerged from the higher civil school in Cologne . Thomé, like the entire commercial college, were members of the Cologne department of the German Colonial Society .

On the initiative of Otto Wilhelm Thomé, a botanical garden was founded at the Vorgebirgstor in Cologne in 1887 . In 1912, the Botanical Garden at the Vorgebirgstor, with an area of ​​1.5 hectares , supplied  around 1,400,000 plants for use in schools in Cologne. The botanical garden , which has been greatly reduced since 1910 due to the expansion of the Bonntor freight yard , was reopened in 1914 on the grounds of the Cologne Flora .

On January 18, 1895 Thomé was awarded the Red Eagle Order 4th class excellent, and on 15 January 1898, it was commemorative medal for the 100th birthday of Emperor Wilhelm I awarded. After more than 30 years in the school service, Otto Wilhelm Thomé retired on November 30, 1909, and on February 2, 1910, he was appointed a secret councilor. In the 1st World War he received the Cross of Merit for War Aid on April 11, 1917 .

Otto W. Thomé was best known for his collection of botanical drawings Flora from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in words and pictures for school and home . The work comprises 700 illustrations and was first published in Gera in 1885 and was awarded a gold medal at the International Horticultural Exhibition in Cologne in 1888 .

Selected drawings

  • Rosa canina L.

  • Punica granatum L.

  • Asplenium trichomanes

  • Trifolium repens L.

literature

  • Otto Wilhelm Thomé: "Flora of Germany, Austria and Switzerland" (1885) , PDF file 71 MByte (!)
  • Who is it : Contemporaries encyclopedia containing biographies and bibliographies. Information about origin, family, curriculum vitae, works, favorite occupations, party affiliation, membership in societies, address. Other communications of general interest / compiled and edited by Herrmann AL Degener. - 4th edition, completely revised. and essential exp. - Leipzig: Degener, 1909

Web links

Commons : Otto Wilhelm Thomé  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Otto Wilhelm Thomé in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne , accessed on July 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Hansa-Gymnasium. Historical archive of the city of Cologne, accessed on January 22, 2014 (German).
  3. ^ Directory of members October 1906. German Colonial Society, Cologne Department, pp. 4–9 , accessed on January 22, 2014 (German).
  4. ↑ a b Eduard Prüssen (linocuts), Werner Schäfke and Günter Henne (texts): Cologne heads . 1st edition. University and City Library, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-931596-53-8 , pp. 104 .
personal data
SURNAME Thomé, Otto Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1925