Short biography and publications by and about Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812-1881)
Short biography
1812 | born on June 18, 1812 in Oldesloe |
1828-1832 | Apprentice at the Biber'sche Pharmacy in Hamburg |
1832-1833 | Assistant in South German pharmacies |
1833-1835 | Study of pharmacy in Berlin |
1835 | Pharmaceutical state examination in Berlin |
? | Pharmaceutical state examination in Kiel |
1839 | Pharmaceutical state examination in Hamburg (commission examination) |
1839-1878 | Owner of the pharmacy Neuerwall, but from 1872 administrator ( Hans Brackebusch, Theodor von Jess, A. Ruperti) |
1846-1881 | Member of the Leopoldina (Leopoldine-Carolinian Academy) |
1846 | Doctor honoris causa of the Faculty of Philosophy in Königsberg |
1852-1878 | Pharmaceutical member of the Health Council ("Pharmacist of the Health Council"). |
1852-1878 | Management of the Pharmaceutical Teaching Institute of the Health Council. |
1881 | died November 21, 1881 in Hamburg |
Further information
- The genus Ottosonderia from the family Aizoaceae named after Otto Wilhelm Sonder.
Major achievements
- Editor of the Flora capensis with William Henry Harvey. (The series was completed by William T. Thiselton-Dyer).
- Establishment of a private herbarium with 300,000 specimens, today in Melbourne, among other places.
Alternative name spellings
- Otto Wilhelm Sonder
- O. W. Sonder
- W. Sonder
- G. Sonder (für Guilielmus = Wilhelm ?)
- His botanical author code is "Sond."
Publications and biographies
(Attention: The list is still incomplete!)
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