Henry Nicholas Bolander

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Henry Nicholas Bolander

Henry Nicholas Bolander (born February 22, 1831 in Schlüchtern , † 1897 in Portland , Oregon ) was a German-American botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Bol. "

Life

Bolander was born in Schlüchtern in the Electorate of Hesse and emigrated to the United States in 1846 at the age of 15 . Encouraged by his uncle, he entered the Lutheran seminary in Columbus, Ohio . He graduated there and was ordained but never appointed as a pastor . From 1851 he began to teach in German-English schools. From its neighbor Leo Lesquereux , a Swiss palaeobotanist and Bryologen , he was in the Botany introduced.

After a few years of illness, Bolander was recommended a change of climate and he moved to California in 1861 , where he met many members of the California Academy of Sciences and the State Geological Survey. In 1864 he started a botanical collection together with William Henry Brewer , he collected mushrooms and flowering plants. In doing so, he developed into a specialist in grasses .

He published several scientific publications on California grasses in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences and a Catalog of Plants Growing in the Vicinity of San Francisco (1870). From 1871 Bolander embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party and was " State Superintendent of Schools "; he held this office until 1875. He was also the editor of a monthly magazine California Teacher . In 1878 Bolander left California and traveled for several years; he visited Guatemala , Chile and Peru , but probably also South Africa, Madagascar and Europe. In 1883 he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he taught modern languages ​​and botany at St. Helen's Hall and Bishop Scott Academy until his death in 1897 .

Trivia

The lily species Lilium bolanderi was named in his honor .

literature

  • Willis L. Jepson: Dr. Henry N. Bolander, Botanical Explorer . In: Erythea . tape 6 , no. 10 , p. 100-107 .
  • Carl Purdy: Bolander's Red Mountain and Eureka Trail . In: Madrono . tape 2 , p. 33-40 .
  • John H. Thomas: The History of Botanical Collecting in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Central California . In: Contributions from the Dudley Herbarium . tape 5 , no. 6 , p. 147–167 ( PDF (1.6 MB) - section on Bolander on page 149).

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personal data
SURNAME Bolander, Henry Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American botanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Schluechtern , Hessen
DATE OF DEATH 1897
Place of death Portland , Oregon