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Jacob Boll

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Jacob Boll Famous memorial

Birth
Würenlos, Bezirk Baden, Aargau, Switzerland
Death
29 Sep 1880 (aged 52)
Wilbarger County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.800675, Longitude: -96.7967917
Plot
Block 22 Lot 33 Space 1 Sw
Memorial ID
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Naturalist and entomologist. Between 1877 and 1880, he found thirty-two new, rare species of Permian vertebrates, including stegocephalian amphibians and theromorph reptiles, land forms that were embedded in deltas of Texas rivers. At the same time he made an extensive collection of tiny butterflies and moths, as well as Texas reptiles, batrachia, and fish.
Naturalist and entomologist. Between 1877 and 1880, he found thirty-two new, rare species of Permian vertebrates, including stegocephalian amphibians and theromorph reptiles, land forms that were embedded in deltas of Texas rivers. At the same time he made an extensive collection of tiny butterflies and moths, as well as Texas reptiles, batrachia, and fish.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Jun 2, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9775/jacob-boll: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Boll (28 May 1828–29 Sep 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9775, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.