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Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus

South African botanist, botanical collector, and curator and scientific illustrator (1877-1970) · South Africa · Scientists · Died at 92

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Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit was a South African 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 any other female scientist, in total naming 1,494 species.

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Awards

Honorary doctor of Stellenbosch University1936
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

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Spouse: Frank Bolus

About this person

Country
South Africa
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1970 · aged 92

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