Carl August Bolle
Carl August Bolle (sometimes also Karl Bolle) (21 November 1821, Schöneberg (Berlin) – 17 February 1909) was a German naturalist and collector. Bolle was born in Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn.
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Carl August Bolle
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- Name
- Carl Bolle
- Born
- 21 November 1821
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 17 February 1909
- Place of death
- Germany
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- botanist · ornithologist · writer · zoological collector · botanical collector · scientific collector · independent scholar
- Education
- Französisches Gymnasium Berlin
- Languages
- Latin
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Carl August Bolle (sometimes also Karl Bolle) (21 November 1821, Schöneberg (Berlin) – 17 February 1909) was a German naturalist and collector. Bolle was born in Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn.
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He visited the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands in 1852 and 1856, and wrote Mein zweiter Beitrag zur Vogelkunde der Canarischen Inseln in 1857. Bolle was a founder member of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (German Ornithological Society) in 1867, succeeding Alfred Brehm as chairman in 1884. The Bolle's laurel pigeon (Columba bollii) of the Canary Islands was named after him by Frederick DuCane Godman. He also made contributions as a botanist, especially in the field of dendrology. His herbarium was bequeathed to the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, although largely destroyed during World War II (1943). The plant genus Bollea (family Orchidaceae) was named in his honor, but is now called Pescatoria.
Plaque of Karl A. Bolle in the Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo.
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• Name — Carl Bolle • Born — 21 November 1821 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 17 February 1909 • Place of death — Germany • Fields — * Natural History
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1821
Carl August Bolle born at Schöneberg.
1909
Carl August Bolle died at Berlin.
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- 1.Franz Richarz: Mitgliederverzeichnis der Burschenschaft Fridericia zu Bonn (18. Februar 1843 bis Herbst 1847) sowie der Burschenschaft Arminia zu Bonn (1847 bis 1849) und der burschenschaftlichen Verbindung Germania zu Bonn (1843 bis 1849). Bonn 1894, S. 9.
- 2.carl-august-bolle. Carl August Bolle. 18. Juni 2022.
- 3.Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexikon Berliner Grabstätten. Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. S. 299.
- 4.Lotte Burkhardt: Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen. Erweiterte Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2018. https://www.bgbm.org/de/other-publications/verzeichnis-eponymischer-pflanzennamen-erweiterte-edition
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