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{{Short description|German naturalist and collector (1821–1909)}}
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'''Carl August Bolle''' (sometimes also ''Karl Bolle'') (21 November 1821, [[Schöneberg]] (Berlin) &ndash; 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.<ref>[http://finden.nationallizenzen.de/Record/ZDB-1-SOJ@206505183  German Research Foundation (DFG) Mein zweiter Beitrag zur Vogelkunde der canarischen Inseln]</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/187053.html Fakultät für Biologie und PsychologieAlbrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften,  Department of Systematic Botany]</ref> His [[herbarium]] was bequeathed to the [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum]], although largely destroyed during [[World War II]] (1943).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000000852|title=Edit History: Bolle, Carl August (1821-1909) on JSTOR|website=plants.jstor.org|accessdate=Dec 30, 2022}}</ref> The plant genus ''Bollea'' (family [[Orchidaceae]]) was named in his honor, but is now called ''[[Pescatoria]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A68qyOyhOdkC&pg=PA321|title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology|first=Umberto|last=Quattrocchi|date=Nov 17, 1999|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|isbn=9780849326752 |accessdate=Dec 30, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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

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