Ernst Boll
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Ernst Boll (1817 - 1868)

Ernst Boll
Born in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germanymap
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Died at age 50 [location unknown]
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Ernst Boll is Notable.
  • German historian, scholar & naturalist - founder of "Naturforschung" or "Nature research" in Mecklenberg
  • s/o Franz Christian Boll (pastor) & Friederike Brückner[1][2]
  • studied theology & natural sciences but also was interested in and explored geology, botany, meteorology, petrography and zoology
  • pursued historical interests with his brother, Franz, with whose family he often lived
  • chronically ill
  • 1846 founding member, " Freunde der Naturgeschichte Mecklenburgs" (Friends of Mecklenburg's Natural History)
  • good friend with poet & writer Fritz Reuter
  • 1992 Ernst Boll Environmental Prize established
  • Fossil, rock & geology collection was in the possession of the Neubrandenburg Museum but is now in the natural history collection of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the Müritzeum.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (German): Adolf Brückner, accessed 2 July 2020.
  2. Wikipedia (German): Ernst Boll, accessed 2 July 2020.




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