Carl Bovallius

Carl Erik Alexander Bovallius
Born (1849-07-31)31 July 1849
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 8 November 1907(1907-11-08) (aged 58)
Georgetown, Guyana
Occupation biologist, archaeologist

Carl Erik Alexander Bovallius (or Bowallius) (31 July 1849 – 8 November 1907) was a Swedish biologist and archaeologist.[1][2]

Life

Bovallius became a student in Uppsala in 1868, and received a Ph.D. in 1875. Bovallius undertook, for scientific purposes, travel along the Swedish and Norwegian coasts.

In 1881-83, he made zoological and ethnographic studies in Latin America, to where he returned in the late 1890s.

Starting in 1881, Carl Bovallius explored Central America, and especially Nicaragua, in search of ancient sites. He studied places like Ometepe, and Zapatera, and also researched the ethnography of local tribes.

A species of snake, Rhinobothryum bovallii, is named in his honor.[3]

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Carl Bowallius". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2010. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Bowallius, Karl Erik Alexander". Nordisk Familjebok (in Swedish). 3 (2 ed.). 1905. pp. 1378–1379. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Bovall", p. 36).


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