Carl August Bolle (sometimes also ''Karl Bolle'') (21 November 1821,

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(Berlin) – 17 February 1909) was a German naturalist and collector. Bolle was born at

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into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and

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. He visited the

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and the

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in 1852 and 1856, and wrote ''Mein zweiter Beitrag zur Vogelkunde der Canarischen Inseln'' in 1857. Bolle was a founder member of the

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(German Ornithological Society) in 1867, succeeding

Alfred Brehm Alfred Edmund Brehm (; 2 February 1829 – 11 November 1884) was a German zoologist, writer, director of zoological gardens and the son of Christian Ludwig Brehm, a famous pastor and ornithologist. Through the book title ''Brehms Tierlebe ...

as Chairman in 1884. The Bolle's laurel pigeon (''Columba bollii'') of the Canary Islands was named after him by

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. He also made contributions as a botanist, especially in the field of

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. His

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was bequeathed to the

Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum The Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (german: Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin) is a botanical garden in the locality of the borough of , Berlin, Germany. Constructed between 1897 and 1910 under the guidance of archi ...

, although largely destroyed during

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(1943). The plant genus ''Bollea'' (family

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) was named in his honor, but is now called

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References

* ''Biographies for Birdwatchers'' - Barbara and Richard Mearns

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1821 births 1909 deaths 19th-century German botanists German ornithologists Französisches Gymnasium Berlin alumni {{Germany-botanist-stub