Poll, M. 1908-1991

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Name (Latin)
Poll, M. 1908-1991
Other forms of name
Poll, Max, 1908-1991
Poll, M. (Max), 1908-
Poll, Max, 1908-
Date of birth
1908-07-21
Date of death
1991-03-13
Associated country
Belgium
Occupation
Ichthyologists
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 42769931
Wikidata: Q1890467
Library of congress: n 85341618
Sources of Information
  • French Wikipedia, Jan. 21, 2020(Max Poll; Max Fernand Léon Poll; born 21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek [Sint-Pieters-Leeuw]; died 13 March 1991 in Uccle; Belgian ichthyologist)
  • His Etude systématique des appareils respiratoire et circulatoire des Polypteridae, 1967:t.p. (M. Poll, Tervuren)
  • LC data base, 4-3--86(hdg.: Poll, Max, 1908-; usage: M. Poll)

Wikipedia description:

Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika. He has described several species of Pseudocrenilabrinae, such as Lamprologus signatus, Steatocranus casuarius, Neolamprologus brichardi, and Neolamprologus pulcher. He was a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, and conservator at the Royal Museum of the Belgian Congo in Tervuren. He was an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

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