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

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

. A genus of lanternfish, ''

Bolinichthys ''Bolinichthys'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Etymology The genus is named in honour of Rolf Ling Bolin (1901–1973), an ichthyologist and lanternfish specialist from the Hopkins Marine Station. Species The currently recognized species in this ...

'', is named for him.

Biography

Bolin was born on 22 March 1901 in New York City to Scandinavian American parents. He initially pursued a career in

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, but then took courses in

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. Bolin was awarded a Ph.D. from

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in 1934, and worked at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove of Monterey County, California. There he was sought for information on fishes from Ed Ricketts and

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. He was appointed Professor of Marine Biology and Oceanography in 1949 at Stanford, where he worked until his retirement in 1967. Bolin died on 23 August 1973 in

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, California.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolin, Rolf Ling 1901 births 1973 deaths American ichthyologists 20th-century American zoologists Stanford University faculty Stanford University alumni Scientists from New York City Scientists from the San Francisco Bay Area

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