Biographical entry Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884)

Summary

John Ignatius Bleasdale was a Catholic clergyman interested in science and was President of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1865. He worked on the committee to establish a public museum of natural history in Melbourne in the 1850s, and pushed for the founding of schools of chemistry and mineralogy.

Details

Born in 1822. Arrived Melbourne 1850. Appointed vice-president of seminary, St Patrick's College at Eastern Hill in 1855. Foundation member, Melbourne Microscopical Society. Fellow, Geographical and Linnean societies, and honorary member of Medical Society of Victoria. President, Royal Society of Victoria, 1865. Migrated to California in 1877 and died in San Francisco in June 1884.

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Published resources

Books

• Smith, Wilson Berry, Bleasdale, 1850-1950: a centenary history of Bleasdale, Langhornes Creek, South Australia, Advertiser, Adelaide, 1950, 21 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Grigsby, J. R. J., 'Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822-1884), Catholic clergyman', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 183-184. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030175b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bleasdale, J.I., 'On Colonial Wines', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 8, Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1867, pp. 53-72. Details
• Bleasdale, J.I., 'On the essence of meat and other methods of preserving fleshmeat', The Australian Medical Journal, vol. 13, T.M. Buzzard, Melbourne, 1867, pp. 78-86. Details
• Bleasedale, John Ignatius, 'On Chlorine as a Solvent of Gold', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 6, Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1865, pp. 47-52. Details
• Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry, 'The Rev Dr JI Bleasdale and the Medical Society of Victoria', Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 86, 1993, pp. 166-198. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bleasdale, John I', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-888259. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003097. Details
• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P003097. Details