Carl Bovallius

Carl Erik Alexander Bovallius
Born 31 July 1849(1849-07-31)
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] Bowallius became a student in Uppsala in 1868 and a Ph.D. in 1875. Bowallius undertook, for scientific purposes, travel along the Swedish and Norwegian coasts. In 1882-83, he made zoological and ethnographic studies in Latin America, to where he returned in the late 1890s.

References and notes

  1. ^ "Carl Bowallius" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/carl-bowallius. Retrieved 29 October 2010.  (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Bowallius, Karl Erik Alexander" (in Swedish). Nordisk Familjebok. 3 (2 ed.). 1905. pp. 1378–1379. http://runeberg.org/nfbc/0745.html. Retrieved 29 October 2010.