Carl Bock (explorer)

Not to be confused with Carl Ernst Bock.

Carl Alfred Bock (17 September 1849–1932) was a Norwegian explorer.

He was a member of Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania (now Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters) and was a knight, first class of the Order of St. Olav.[1] Bock travelled extensively in South East Asia and his large collection of artefacts from Thailand and Indonesia is now kept at the British Museum in London.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Carl Bock Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 11 October 2013 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ British Museum Collection
  3. ↑ British Museum Collection
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