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'''Heinrich Boie''' (4 May 1794, [[Meldorf]], [[Holstein]] – 4 September 1827, [[Bogor]], [[West Java]], [[Indonesia]]) was a |
'''Heinrich Boie''' (4 May 1794, [[Meldorf]], [[Holstein]] – 4 September 1827, [[Bogor]], [[West Java]], [[Indonesia]]) was a German [[zoologist]]. He was the brother of [[Friedrich Boie]]. In the field of [[herpetology]] they described 49 new [[species]] of [[reptiles]]<ref>"Boie". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> and several new species of [[amphibians]].<ref>"Boie". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. research.amnh.org./vz/herpetology/amphibia.</ref> |
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Heinrich Boie studied law at [[Kiel]] and [[Göttingen]]. At university he became interested in [[natural history]] through the lectures of [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]] and [[Friedrich Tiedemann]]. He was appointed [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]]'s assistant at [[Leiden]]. In 1825 he travelled to [[Java (island)|Java]] with [[Salomon Müller]] in order to collect specimens for the museum. He died there of gall fever. |
Heinrich Boie studied law at [[Kiel]] and [[Göttingen]]. At university he became interested in [[natural history]] through the lectures of [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]] and [[Friedrich Tiedemann]]. He was appointed [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]]'s assistant at [[Leiden]]. In 1825, he travelled to [[Java (island)|Java]] with [[Salomon Müller]] in order to collect specimens for the museum. He died there of gall fever. |
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A species of Indian gecko, ''[[Cnemaspis boiei]]'', is named in honor of Heinrich Boie or his brother Friedrich Boie.<ref>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}}. ("Boie", p. 31).</ref> |
A species of Indian gecko, ''[[Cnemaspis boiei]]'', is named in honor of Heinrich Boie or his brother Friedrich Boie.<ref>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}}. ("Boie", p. 31).</ref> |
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*Husson AM, Holthuis LB (1955). "The dates of publication of ''Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen'' edited by [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|C. J. Temminck]]". ''[[Zoologische Mededelingen]]'' '''34''': |
*Husson AM, Holthuis LB (1955). "The dates of publication of ''Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen'' edited by [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|C. J. Temminck]]". ''[[Zoologische Mededelingen]]'' '''34''': 17–24. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318953 PDF] |
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 26 October 2024
Heinrich Boie (4 May 1794, Meldorf, Holstein – 4 September 1827, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia) was a German zoologist. He was the brother of Friedrich Boie. In the field of herpetology they described 49 new species of reptiles[1] and several new species of amphibians.[2]
Heinrich Boie studied law at Kiel and Göttingen. At university he became interested in natural history through the lectures of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and Friedrich Tiedemann. He was appointed Coenraad Jacob Temminck's assistant at Leiden. In 1825, he travelled to Java with Salomon Müller in order to collect specimens for the museum. He died there of gall fever.
A species of Indian gecko, Cnemaspis boiei, is named in honor of Heinrich Boie or his brother Friedrich Boie.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Boie". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Boie". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. research.amnh.org./vz/herpetology/amphibia.
- ^ 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. ("Boie", p. 31).
Sources
[edit]- Husson AM, Holthuis LB (1955). "The dates of publication of Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen edited by C. J. Temminck". Zoologische Mededelingen 34: 17–24. PDF
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