Henry Potonié

German archaeologist and botanist (1857-1913)
Person human Q97218
Henry Potonié
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
November 16, 1857
Date of death
November 28, 1913, October 28, 1913[10]
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Berlin
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia[12]
Work location
Berlin[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[26]
Academic degree
doctorate[21]
Given name
Henry[23]
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WikiProject MfN Berlin Names[27]
P14397
3831[31]
P14536
426612[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Henry Potonie en Henry Potonié en H. Potonié en Potonié en Potonie cs Heinrich Potonié cs Henry Potoné cs Henry Potoníe de Potonié de Henry Potonie es Henry Potonie es Potonie es Potonié fi Henry Potonie fi Henry Potoníe fi Potonié fr Potonié it Potonié ja ヘンリー・ポトニエ nl Henry Potonie
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VIAF cluster ID
37073310
Library of Congress authority ID
n85800886
GND ID
116277416
BHL creator ID
10083
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135169117
Bionomia ID
Henry Potonié
Botanist author abbreviation
Potonié
CONOR.SI ID
32579939
Catalogus Professorum (TU Berlin) person ID
260
CiNii Research ID
1140282266714208640
DDB person (GND) ID
116277416
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116277416
FAST ID
142568
FactGrid item ID
Frolosh Point
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122n5q2b
Harvard Index of Botanists ID
1901
IPNI author ID
7888-1
IdRef ID
076695603
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116277416
Leopoldina member ID (new)
henry-potonie
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10969026
NL CR AUT ID
kv2009520695
NUKAT ID
n2005008210
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278635605171
National Library of Latvia ID
000291721
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071845003
Parsifal cluster ID
851824
Scopus author ID
17336756900
WorldCat Entities ID
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ZOBODAT person ID
91085

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Summary

Henry Potonié was born on November 16, 1857[1], in Berlin[2]. He died on November 28, 1913[3], in Berlin[4]. He worked as an archaeologist[5], botanist[6], geologist[7], paleontologist[8], and paleobotanist[9].

FAQs

Where was Henry Potonié born?

Henry Potonié was born in Berlin[2].

Where did Henry Potonié die?

Henry Potonié passed away in Berlin[4].

What did Henry Potonié do for work?

Henry Potonié worked as an archaeologist[5], botanist[6], geologist[7], paleontologist[8], and paleobotanist[9].

Where did Henry Potonié go to school?

Henry Potonié was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . herbarium.bgbm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'pl', 'species', 'sv', 'u
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  5. 7w ago · ~2026-50098-36 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Robert Potonié
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Child: Robert Potonié"
  6. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 426612
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  7. 24w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14397 → 3831
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