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Carl Bolle (other)
Carl Bolle or Karl Bolle may refer to: * Carl Bolle (naturalist) (also as Karl Bolle) (1821–1909), German naturalist whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is "Bolle" * (1832–1910), German entrepreneur and diarist * Karl Bolle (flying ace) (1893–1955), German entrepreneur and flying ace See also * Bolle (other) {{hndis, Bolle, Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Bolle (naturalist)
Carl August Bolle (sometimes also ''Karl Bolle'') (21 November 1821, Schöneberg (Berlin) – 17 February 1909) was a German Natural history, naturalist and collector. Bolle was born at Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn. 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) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Bolle (flying Ace)
Rittmeister Carl Bolle (also as Karl Bolle), PlM, MMC, HOH, IC (20 June 1893 – 9 October 1955), was a fighter ace with 36 aerial victories during World War I. He became a '' Jagdstaffel'' commander during that war, and an advisor to the Luftwaffe during World War II. Life before flying Karl Bolle was born in Berlin on 20 June 1893,Franks et al 1993, p. 80. to a family owning a well-known dairy. He studied economics at The University of Oxford in 1912, and was also well known for his athletic prowess, playing ice hockey while there.Franks et al 2001, pp. 60–62. He returned home to Germany to enlist as a leutnant (lieutenant) in the 7th (Magdeburg) Cuirassiers "von Seydlitz" Regiment in 1913 as a one-year volunteer. At the start of World War I his regiment served on the Western Front, fighting in Belgium and the First Battle of the Marne. It was then transferred to the Eastern Front; Bolle seeing action in Poland and in Courland in Latvia.Franks, VanWyngarden 2003, pp. 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |