Wenceslas Bojer

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Wenceslas Bojer (born September 23, 1795 in Řesanice, Bohemia, Czech Republic, died June 4, 1856 in Port Louis, Mauritius) was a notable naturalist and botanist.

He was born to Simon Bojer and Barbara Staub. As young man he took part on expeditions to Africa and in 1821 he arrived at Mauritius. In 1822 the Mauritian governor Robert Townsend Farquhar send him to Madagascar. He was accompanied by Malagasy Prince Rafaria who studied on Mauritius and James Hastie, a Scottish corporal and British envoy for King Radama I on Madagascar. Bojer explored the west coast of Madagascar before he arrived in Tananarive.

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 on paralysis in 1856.

Many plants and animal species (especially from Madagascar and the Mascarenes) were named after Bojer, including Gongylomorphus bojerii (Bojer's skink), Dionycha bojerii, Ploceus bojeri (Golden Palm Weaver), Uapaca bojeri (Tapia), Streptocarpus bojeri, Epilobium bojeri and many more.

The standard author abbreviation Bojer may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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