John Bolla

* Topolya, 29 May 1806 – † Bratislava, 7 February 1881 / botanist, entomologist, teacher, school principal ; ; He first studied theology in Szentgyörgy, but also taught in the elementary school – natural history, physics and geography. In 1836 he obtained a diploma from the Érsekújvár teacher training college and taught in Szentgyörgy until 1846. In 1846–1849 he was a fourth-grade teacher at the upper elementary school of the St. Martin Cathedral in Bratislava. In the early 1850s he was appointed director of elementary schools in Bratislava, a position he held until his retirement in 1880. He was the chairman of the botany section at the meetings of Hungarian doctors and naturalists in Bratislava (1865). He studied the flora and fauna of Bratislava and its surroundings, discovered a new species of nettle (Urtica radicans Bolla) in the Szentgyörgy Súr swamp, and a species of blackberry (Rubus bollae) in the Récse area. He had a considerable collection, most of which was unfortunately destroyed in World War II. He was also able to prepare and dry larger mushrooms masterfully, and at the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition he presented the tool used for preparation, which was awarded a certificate of recognition. Several of his treatises were published in the Bratislava journal Verhandlungen für Naturkunde (between 1859 and 1861) and in the Vienna Sitzungsberichts. ; ; His main works: ; Beiträge zur Flora Pressburgs (In: Verhandlungen des Vereins für Naturkunde zu Pressburg), 1856, ; Die Flechten, Algen und Moose der Pressburger Flora, 1861, ; Some new species of fungi from the vicinity of Bratislava, 1876.