Bolander, Henry Nicholas, 1831-1897.

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Henry Bolander completed field work in California in the 1860s.

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Bolander was educated at a Lutheran seminary in Columbus, Ohio, but never entered the ministry. He participated in the California State Geological Survey about 1864, and became a specialist on grasses. In 1870, he published A catalogue of plants growing in the vicinity of San Francisco. In later years he was California State Superintendent of Schools, 1871-1875 and taught languages in Portland, Oregon, 1883-1897.

From the description of Field notes of Henry Nicholas Bolander, 1865?-1867 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 40290545

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Birth 1831

Death 1897

English

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