Otto Wilhelm Sonder

Deceased Person

1812 – 1881

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Who was Otto Wilhelm Sonder?

Otto Wilhelm Sonder was a German botanist and pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. From 1841 to 1878 he was the proprietor of a pharmacy in Hamburg. In 1846 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg.

He was co-author, with William Henry Harvey, of Flora Capensis, and was author of an 1851 botanical treatise called Flora Hamburgensis.

The plant genus Ottosonderia of the family Aizoaceae is named in his honor.

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Born
Jun 18, 1812
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Nov 21, 1881
Hamburg

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on July 23, 2013

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