> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 282](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212324) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10611-1) LSID 10611-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95604) QID Q95604 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thoms, Hermann \[Friedrich Maria\] (1859-1931), German (Mecklenburg) pharmacist and botanist; trained at pharmacies at Woldegk, Giessen and Koblenz; state pharmaceutical examination Jena 1884; Dr. phil. Erlangen 1886; pharmacist at Jena 1887-1889; in charge of a chemical factory in Berlin 1889-1893; editor of the Apotheker-Zeitung 1893; habil. Berlin for pharmaceutical chemistry 1895, professor's title 1896; director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Berlin University 1902-1929; ordinary professor of pharmaceutical chemistry 1920, visited the United States and Japan 1923; Dr. med. h.c. Würzburg 1929; founder of the Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft; botanically active as phytochemist. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Thoms* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thoms*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 378 (b. 20 Mar 1859, d. 28 Nov 1931); BFM 2883; BM 5: 2098; Hirsch p. 299; LS 39925; Rehder 5: 845; Tucker 1: 687. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 238: 208. 1964. - Hirsch, A., ed., Biogr. Lex. hervorrag. Ärzte eds. 2-3. 2: 1564. 1962. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 4: 1494-1495. 1904, 5: 1252-1253. 1926, 6(4): 2653. 1940, 7a(4): 671. 1961 (further biogr. refs.). - Schürhoff, P.N., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 50: (220)-(224). 1932 (obit.). - Thimann, Th., Pharmaz. Ber. 1932(1): 20-23 (memorial plaquette).