Boie'nen (Old Buhi Language)

Zeller, George Anthony M.D.

English: Translation

American army doctor who lived in Buhi from 1900–1902. He studied the sinarapan fish and sent samples to America, making it known worldwide as the smallest fish.

Notes

• Full name: Dr. George Anthony Zeller (1858–1938)

• U.S. Volunteer Army surgeon stationed in Buhi after Spanish-American War

• First to document sinarapan scientifically (1902)

• Learned Boie’nen phrases; respected by locals

References

• Zeller, G.A. (1902). U.S. Fish Commission Report

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