Wenceslas Bojer | |
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| Born | (1795-09-23)23 September 1795 |
| Died | 4 July 1856(1856-07-04) (aged 60) |
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Wenceslas Bojer (alsoVáclav Bojer in Czech orWenzel Bojer in German) (23 September 1795 inŘesanice,Bohemia, now theCzech Republic – 4 June 1856 inPort Louis,Mauritius) was a Czechnaturalist,botanist and botanical illustrator.The standardauthor abbreviationBojer is used to indicate this person as the author whenciting abotanical name.[1]
He was born to Simon Bojer and Barbara Staub.
From 1813 till 1820 Bojer worked at theImperial Museum Vienna.[2] As a young man he was sent on expeditions to Africa and Mauritius byFranz Sieber. In 1821 he arrived at Mauritius. In 1822 the Mauritian governorRobert Townsend Farquhar sent him to Madagascar. He was accompanied by Malagasy Prince Rafaria who studied on Mauritius and James Hastie, a Scottish corporal and British envoy for KingRadama I onMadagascar. Bojer explored the west coast of Madagascar before he arrived inTananarive.
In 1824 Bojer was sent to Africa as an interpreter. He explored several coasts of the African continent and collected a huge amount of minerals and plants. In 1829 he was one of the co-founders of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences (SRAS) at Mauritius.
He died ofparalysis in 1856.
Manyspecies of plants and animals (especially from Madagascar and theMascarenes) were named after Bojer, includingGongylomorphus bojerii (Bojer's skink),[3]Dionycha bojerii,Ploceus bojeri (golden palm weaver),Uapaca bojeri,Streptocarpus bojeri,Epilobium bojeri, and many more.
