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Otto Wilhelm Sonder

German botanist (1812-1881)
Person human Q77215
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
June 18, 1812, 1812[10]
Date of death
November 21, 1881, 1881[11]
Place of birth
Bad Oldesloe
Place of death
Hamburg
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia[13]
Occupation
botanist, pharmacist, physician, botanical collector, scientific collector
Field of work
botany[14]
Spouse
Maria Sonder[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[24]
Collection items at
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, National Herbarium of Victoria, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, Herbarium, Missouri Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Zürich Herbaria[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Hamburg Biographies, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie[20][21][22][23]
Family name
Sonder[17]
Given name
Otto, Wilhelm[18][19]
Member of
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina[15]
P14397
4468[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sond. en W. Sonder en Wilhelm Sonder en O. Sonder en Otto Wilhelm Sonder en Otto W. Sonder en O. W. Sonder ar أوتو فيلهلم سوندر de Wilhelm Sonder de Sond. es Sond es Sond. fr Sond. it Sond. ja オットー・ヴィルヘルム・ゾンダー ko 오토 빌헬름 존더 nl Wilhelm Sonder pt Sond. ru Sond. ru Зондер
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000107983589
VIAF cluster ID
27465326
Library of Congress authority ID
no2006062913
GND ID
102803358
BHL creator ID
953, 178169
Bionomia ID
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
Botanist author abbreviation
Sond.
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00317159, cnp01087132
DDB person (GND) ID
102803358
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102803358
FactGrid item ID
Frank van der Struijk
Freebase ID
/m/0cs209
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Harvard Index of Botanists ID
2655
IPNI author ID
9891-1
IdRef ID
230831729
Leopoldina member ID (new)
wilhelm-sonder
Libraries Australia ID
35512542
Museo Galileo authority ID
172155
NLA Trove people ID
980132
NUKAT ID
n2019044860
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007428290505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
258957751
Open Library ID
OL4287342A
OpenMLOL author ID
311500
RERO ID (legacy)
A003848734
S2A3 Biographical Database ID
2652
Scopus author ID
17336495300
Te Papa agent ID
50189
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqK6PTmrKpv3TFvJrbjmd
Yale LUX ID
person/2242f53d-f591-4c29-9503-e5c85e820c55
ZOBODAT person ID
151802, 68154
Zürich Herbaria collector ID
10889

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🔗 Connections
Collection items at 7
Natural History Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, National Herbarium of Victoria, Zürich Herbaria
Occupation 4
physician, pharmacist, botanist, botanical collector
Described by source 2
Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Given name 2
Otto, Wilhelm
Bionomia ID 1
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Prussia
FactGrid item ID 1
Frank van der Struijk
Field of work 1
botany
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Named after 1
Mount Sonder
Place of birth 1
Bad Oldesloe
Place of death 1
Hamburg
Sex or gender 1
male
← Bionomia ID 1
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
← SNARC ID 1
Stromness
← Significant person 1
Richard Sadebeck
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Summary

Otto Wilhelm Sonder was born on June 18, 1812[1], in Bad Oldesloe[2]. He died on November 21, 1881[3], in Hamburg[4]. He worked as a botanist[5], pharmacist[6], physician[7], botanical collector[8], and scientific collector[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Otto Wilhelm Sonder include Mount Sonder[36], a mountain[37], in Australia[38].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Otto Wilhelm Sonder include Mount Sonder[36], a mountain[37], in Australia[38].

FAQs

Where was Otto Wilhelm Sonder born?

Otto Wilhelm Sonder's place of birth was Bad Oldesloe[2].

Where did Otto Wilhelm Sonder die?

Otto Wilhelm Sonder died in Hamburg[4].

Who was Otto Wilhelm Sonder married to?

Otto Wilhelm Sonder's spouses include Maria Sonder[12].

What did Otto Wilhelm Sonder do for work?

Otto Wilhelm Sonder worked as a botanist[5], pharmacist[6], physician[7], botanical collector[8], and scientific collector[9].

Related Entities

botany Kingdom of Prussia Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [23] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . herbarium.bgbm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Hamburg Biographies, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63393|batch #63393]]: add described by source NDB and NDB-online (1/2)"
  2. 22w ago · Tfmorris1 · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BHL creator ID → 953, 178169
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ BHL creator ID: 178169, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/176051206|Sonder, Otto Wilhelm (#176051206)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6686|Biodiversity"
  3. 24w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14397 → 4468
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14397: 4468, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258229|batch #258229]]"
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