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Harry Bolus
Born(1834-04-28)28 April 1834
Died25 May 1911(1911-05-25) (aged 77)
Occupation(s)Botanist, botanical artist, businessman

Harry Bolus (28 April 1834 – 25 May 1911)[1] was a South African botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist. He advanced botany in South Africa by establishing bursaries, founding the Bolus Herbarium and bequeathing his library and a large part of his fortune to the South African College (now the University of Cape Town). Active in scientific circles, he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, member and president of the South African Philosophical Society (later the Royal Society of South Africa), the SA Medal and Grant by the SA Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary D.Sc. from the University of the Cape of Good Hope.

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Bolus

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Francis Guthrie

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local resident Harry Bolus. He advised Bolus to take up the study of botany to ease his grief at the loss of his six-year-old son. When Bolus left for Cape...

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Louisa Bolus

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botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authoring more land plant species than...

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Gerbera jamesonii

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species epithet was proposed by the prominent South African botanist Harry Bolus, but first published by Richard Wills Adlam in 1888, so should be ascribed...

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Bolus Herbarium

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The Bolus Herbarium was established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus of his extensive herbarium and library to the South African College, which later...

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List of South African artists

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sculptor, painter and mixed media artist Willie Bester (born 1956) Harry Bolus (1834–1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist...

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Botanical illustration

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Basseporte Ferdinand Bauer Franz Bauer Mary Foley Benson Elizabeth Blackwell Harry Bolus Priscilla Susan Bury Olivia Marie Braida-Chiusano Mark Catesby Lise Cloquet...

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Bolusanthus

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and described by (Bolus) Hermann Harms (a German botanist) in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 15 in 1906. "Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms | Plants...

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Pleiospilos bolusii

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of 750–1,100 m (2,461–3,609 ft). The species epithet bolusii honours Harry Bolus, a 19th-century South African botanist. It is a small, stemless succulent...

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Muraltia flanaganii

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described in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign by Harry Bolus. "Muraltia flanaganii Bolus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew...

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List of botanists

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Hieronymus Bock Herman Boerhaave Wenceslas Bojer Henry Nicholas Bolander Harry Bolus August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard Charles Bonnet Aimé Bonpland Francis...

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Alice Pegler

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led to a regular correspondence with botanists such as Peter MacOwan, Harry Bolus, HHW Pearson, Selmar Schonland and Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans. Her meticulous...

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Guthriea

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botanist and mathematician Francis Guthrie by his friend the botanist Harry Bolus. This ground-hugging species with a rhizome and fleshy roots forms a...

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Dracomonticola

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virginea (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil Synonyms Platanthera virginea Bolus Gymnadenia virginea (Bolus) Kraenzl. Brachycorythis virginea (Bolus) Rolfe Neobolusia...

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Leucospermum bolusii

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was named bolusii in honor of South African botanist Harry Bolus, who was the founder of the Bolus Herbarium. L. bolusii has a very restricted range, in...

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Katharine Saunders

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and corresponding with the Hookers at Kew, W. H. Harvey in Dublin and Harry Bolus in Cape Town. On an extended visit to England in 1881/82 she met Joseph...

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Otholobium saxosum

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this species was first collected by the famous South African botanist Harry Bolus in 1904. Charles Stirton and A. Muthama Muasya considered it sufficiently...

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Isobel Agnes Arbuthnot

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companion to the wife of Harry Bolus. There she also worked as a botanical collector and the botanical assistant on Bolus's expeditions. From 1918 until...

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Henderina Scott

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the African linden or African hemp. She had been in communication with Harry Bolus for information on the natural history of this species. Movement of the...

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List of florilegia and botanical codices

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1893–1913 London Icones Orchidearum Austro-Africanarum extra-tropicarum Harry Bolus (1834–1911) 1894 Boston Forest Flora of Japan Charles Sprague Sargent...

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David Thoday

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David Thoday FRS (5 May 1883 – 30 March 1964) was a botanist. Thoday was Harry Bolus professor of botany, University of Cape Town and later professor at the...

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Felicia bergeriana

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several genera into Aster, created the name A. bergerianum in 1865. Harry Bolus and Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod in 1950 assign the species to the genus Felicia...

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Felicia cymbalariae

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1836, De Candole had distinguished Munichia cymbalariae β microcephala. Harry Bolus and Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod made the correct combination Felica cymbalariae...

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Protea decurrens

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the species was collected again by Zeyher, and later the South African Harry Bolus, both in the mountains in the area of Swellendam. Zeyher gives two, possibly...

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Otholobium spissum

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this species was first collected by the famous South African botanist Harry Bolus in 1907. Charles Stirton and A. Muthama Muasya considered it sufficiently...

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