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Rolf Ling Bolin

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Name
  
Rolf Bolin


Role
  
Ichthyologist

Died
  
August 23, 1973, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States

Education
  
Stanford University (1934)

Books
  
A Review of the Marine Cottid Fishes of California: A Review of the Myctophid Fishes of the Pacific Coast of the United States

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Rolf Ling Bolin (22 March 1901 – 23 August 1973) was an American academic and ichthyologist.

Biography

Bolin was born on 22 March 1901 in New York City to Scandinavian American parents. He initially pursued a career in graphic arts, but then took courses in Marine Biology. Bolin was awarded a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1934. He was appointed Professor of Marine Biology and Oceanography in 1949 at Stanford, where worked until his retirement in 1967. Bolin died on 23 August 1973 in Carmel, California.

References

Rolf Ling Bolin Wikipedia