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One possible source of the name Leopold Bloom can be found in the Natural History Museum (Ireland), where "The Upper gallery, (…) closed at present, displays invertebrate and marine specimens including the Museum's collection of models made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka." (Wikipedia) "The Blaschkas, father and son, were most famous for their creation of the Harvard Glass Flower collection. The models were created by Leopold and and his son, Rudolf Blaschka, nineteenth century glass artisans who perfected their family craft. Their lineage of jewelers and glassmakers trace as far back as the fifteenth century." (Wikipedia) Leopold Blaschka, who made flowers, becomes Bloom, (who takes the pseudonym Henry Flower) and his son is named Rudy Bloom.