Carl Peter Holbøll

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Carl Peter Holbøll

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Birthplace: København, Sokkelund, Københavns, Denmark (Danmark)
Death: circa April 1856 (56-64)
På vej til Grønland med skibet "Baldur" sammen med sin Ældste søn Frederik Ludvig Holbøll, skibet menes at være eksploderet.
Place of Burial: At sea (paa havet)
Immediate Family:

Son of Frederik Ludvig Holbøll and Juliana Friderica Holbøll
Husband of Hanne Sophie Therese Holbøll
Ex-partner of Karen Holbøll
Father of Carl Ludvig Emil Holbøll; Frederik Ludvig Holbøll; Pingel Johan Carlheger Holbøll; Johanne Sophie Ludovica Holbøll; Julie Fanny Fog and 4 others
Brother of Julie Elisa Dorthea Holbøll; Julie Fanny Louis Holbøll and Julius Frederik Ludwig Holbøll

Occupation: Dansk officer i den danske Marine. 1825-1828 Inspektør for Nordgrønland, 1828-1856 inspektør for Sydgrønland. Botaniker og entomolog
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About Carl Peter Holbøll

På vej til Grønland med skibet "Baldur" sammen med sin ældste søn Frederik Ludvig Holbøll, skibet menes at være eksploderet. Side 145

Carl Peter Holbøll was an officer in the Danish Royal Navy, Greenland colonial officer and explorer of the Greenlandic fauna.

Holbøll served as Royal Inspector of Colonies and Whaling in North Greenland (1825–1828), then Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856). While in this post he became interested in natural history. His main contribution was to send large amounts of faunistic collections to the zoologists in Copenhagen. For example, professor Johannes Theodor Reinhardt described the North American form of the red-necked grebe and named it Podiceps holboellii (now Podiceps grisegena holboellii). Holbøll himself also wrote a treatise on Greenlandic birds. In the paper, he described the hoary redpoll (Linota hornemanni, now known as Carduelis hornemanni), which he named for the botanist Jens Wilken Hornemann. Hornemann had previously received plant collections from Holbøll and named a new species Arabis holboellii (now known as Boechera holboellii).

Holbøll was also a skilled amateur botanist and entomologist. He wrote a school book for mathematics teaching in Greenland, which was used for about a century.

After a visit to Denmark, he travelled back to Greenland on the brig Baldur, which went down on its way. All on board were lost.

Commemoration of Holbøll in species' names; Krøyer's deep sea angler fish Ceratias holboelli (Krøyer, 1845) (Ceratiidae) Amphipod Phoxocephalus holboelli (Krøyer, 1842) (Phoxocephalidae) Amphipod Hippomedon holboelli (Krøyer, 1846) (Lysianassidae) Marine gastropod Colus holboelli (Møller, 1842) (Buccinidae) Marine gastropod Dolabrifera holboelli Bergh, 1872 (Aplysiidae) Freshwater gastropod Lymnaea holboelli (Møller, 1842) (Lymnaeidae) Flowering plant Boechera holboellii (Hornem.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (Brassicaceae).

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Carl Peter Holbøll's Timeline

1795
December 31, 1795
København, Sokkelund, Københavns, Denmark (Danmark)
1821
September 30, 1821
Kgl. Fødselsstiftelse, København
1826
October 25, 1826
Greenland
1828
October 28, 1828
Nuuk, Grønland (Greenland)
1830
1830
Greenland
1833
January 22, 1833
Vor frelser, København, Denmark
1835
April 4, 1835
Nuuk, Greenland
1837
July 15, 1837
Holmen, København
1840
July 9, 1840
Nuuk, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland