Background
He was born at Meldorf in Holstein and died at Kiel.
He was born at Meldorf in Holstein and died at Kiel.
Friedrich Boie was the brother of Heinrich Boie. Friedrich Boie was the author of Bemerkungen über Merrem"s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien (Isis von Oken 1827) and Auszüge aus dem System der Ornithologie (Isis von Oken 1844). Friedrich Boie was the author of several new species and new genera of birds including the hummingbird genus Glaucis, the swallow genus Progne, the cuckooshrike genus Minivet, the passerine genus Lipaugus, the owl genus Athene, and the cuckoo genus Chrysococcyx.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]
In 1860 Friedrich Boie was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.