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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | Jacob (Jakob) Boll, naturalist, was born in Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland, on May 29, 1828. |
 | | He bought a pharmacy in Bremgarten, collected specimens of the flora of his canton, and published a book on his findings in 1869. |
 | | The same year Boll came to Texas, stopping on his way at Harvard to visit Louis Agassiz, who suggested that Boll go to Texas to collect animals for the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. |
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