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Bolus, Frank (1870-1945)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Frank
Last name
Bolus
Initials
F.
Life Dates
1870 - 1945
Collecting Dates
1899 - 1916
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BOL (main), B, K, SAM
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Bolus, Ethel (1866-1890) (sister)
Bolus, Harriet Margaret Louisa (1877-1970) (co-collector, wife)
Bolus, Harry (1834-1911) (co-collector, father)
Bolus, Herman Harry (1862-1930) (brother)
Biography
Born in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, he was the youngest son of Harry Bolus and himself a keen collector and botanical illustrator. His collection includes specimens gathered at Mafeking during the siege of the garrison in 1899. He also collected at Aliwal North, where he lived in 1903, and on a 1904 expedition with his father to the Swartberg Range. In 1912, he married the curator of his uncle's private collection, Harriet Kensit.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 74; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 97; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 84;
Bolus, Frank (1870-1945)
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