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Louisa Bolus

Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (died 1970)

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Born
July 31, 1877
Died
April 5, 1970
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1877

About Louisa Bolus

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. In 1936 Louisa was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Stellenbosch. She attended Collegiate Girls' High School in Port Elizabeth, earned a teaching credential in 1899, and was awarded a BA degree in literature and philosophy by the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1902. Her first book, Elementary Lessons in Systematic Botany, was published in 1919.

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Louisa Bolus timeline

  1. She attended Collegiate Girls' High School in Port Elizabeth, earned a teaching credential in 1899, and was awarded a BA degree in literature and philosophy by the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1902.
  2. Her first book, Elementary Lessons in Systematic Botany, was published in 1919.
  3. In 1936 Louisa was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Stellenbosch.

The world when Louisa Bolus was born

Louisa Bolus was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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