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Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903.[1]

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  1. 33 relations: Bachelor of Arts, Bolus Herbarium, Bolusanthus, Botany, Burgersdorp, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Province, Cape Town, Claremont, Cape Town, Edwin Percy Phillips, Elsie Garrett Rice, Ericaceae, Flora, Flowering Plants of Africa, Genus, Gqeberha, Harry Bolus, Honorary degree, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Linnean Society of London, Louise Guthrie, Maiden and married names, Mesembryanthemum, Orchid, Robert Harold Compton, Royal Society of South Africa, South Africa, South African College, Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science, Species, Stellenbosch University, Timeline of women in science, University of the Cape of Good Hope.

  2. People from Burgersdorp
  3. South African curators
  4. South African taxonomists
  5. South African women botanists

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bolus Herbarium

The Bolus Herbarium was established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus of his extensive herbarium and library to the South African College, which later became the University of Cape Town.

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Bolusanthus

Bolusanthus speciosus (tree wisteria) is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Burgersdorp

Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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Cape Province

The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape (Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Claremont, Cape Town

Claremont is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Edwin Percy Phillips

Edwin Percy Phillips (18 February 1884 – 12 April 1967) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for his monumental work The Genera of South African Flowering Plants first published in 1926. Louisa Bolus and Edwin Percy Phillips are 20th-century South African botanists and south African taxonomists.

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Elsie Garrett Rice

Elsie Garrett Rice (25 November 1869 Elton, Derbyshire - 27 April 1959 Cape Town was a British-born South African botanical artist and suffragist.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions.

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Flora

Flora (floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga.

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Flowering Plants of Africa

Flowering Plants of Africa is a series of illustrated botanical magazines akin to Curtis's Botanical Magazine, initiated as Flowering Plants of South Africa by I. B. Pole-Evans in 1920.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gqeberha

Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Harry Bolus

Harry Bolus (28 April 1834 – 25 May 1911) was a South African botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist. Louisa Bolus and Harry Bolus are 20th-century South African botanists and Fellows of the Linnean Society of London.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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Louise Guthrie

Louise Guthrie (October 10, 1879 – February 20, 1966) was a South African botanist and botanical artist. Louisa Bolus and Louise Guthrie are 20th-century South African botanists, 20th-century South African women scientists and south African women botanists.

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Maiden and married names

When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

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Mesembryanthemum

Mesembryanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to southern Africa.

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Orchid

Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae, a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.

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Robert Harold Compton

Robert Harold Compton (6 August 1886 in Tewkesbury – 11 July 1979 in Cape Town) was a South African botanist. Louisa Bolus and Robert Harold Compton are 20th-century South African botanists and south African taxonomists.

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Royal Society of South Africa

The Royal Society of South Africa is a learned society composed of eminent South African scientists and academics.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African College

The South African College was an educational institution in Cape Town, South Africa, which developed into the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African College Schools (SACS).

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Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science

The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3 or S2A3) is a learned society, originally known as the South African Association for the Advancement of Science (SAAAS).

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) (Universiteit Stellenbosch, iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Timeline of women in science

This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century.

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University of the Cape of Good Hope

The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the University of South Africa in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.

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See also

People from Burgersdorp

South African curators

South African taxonomists

South African women botanists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Bolus

Also known as Harriet Bolus, Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus, Harriet Margaret Louisa Kensit, L.Bolus, Louisa Kensit.