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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2000-08-24 human Helen Morgan and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003097b.htm person Bleasdale John Ignatius AACR2 1822 June 1884 Place of Birth Lancashire, England Place of Death San Francisco, United States of America Chemist Mineralogist Minister of religion John Bleasdale was a Roman Catholic clergyman interested in science and was President of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1865. He was active in a number of government and public committees related to schools, technical education (particularly in chemistry and mineralogy) and museums, and the Melbourne Public Library and Gallery. Between 1857 and 1873 he was a member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria). He was a foundation Member of the Melbourne Microscopical Society, Honorary Member of the Medical Society of Victoria, and Fellow of the Geographical and Linnean Societies, London. 1850 1850 Life event - Settled in Victoria 1851 1853 Career event - Appointed to the country missions in Geelong and Colac, Victoria 1853 1855 Career event - Transferred to Seminary of St Patrick's, Eastern Hill, Melbourne 1855 1860 Career position - Vice-President, Seminary of St Patrick's, Eastern Hill, Melbourne 1856 1857 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1858 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1859 Award - Life Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1859 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1859 Career position - Vice-President, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1873 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria 1859 1884 Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1860 Career position - Treasurer, Royal Society of Victoria 1865 1865 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria 1874 1877 Career position - Chancellor, Archdiocese of Melbourne 1877 1877 Life event - Migrated to California, U.S.A. Royal Commission for Promoting Technological and Industrial Instruction, Parliament of Victoria (1869 - 1890)

Member of Commission 1869 - 1875

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee 1857 - 1873

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Life Member 1858 - 1859; Vice-President 1859

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1865; Life member 1859 - 1884

 Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866 - 1867)

Commissioner 1865 -1867

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 'Bleasdale, John Ignatius', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bleasdale, John Ignatius Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Parliamentary paper: Further report of the Technological Commission Royal Commission for Promoting Technological and Industrial Instruction. Victoria. Further report of the Technological Commission Melbourne John Ferres, Government Printer 1869 Parliamentary paper: Progress report of the Technological Commission Royal Commission for Promoting Technological and Industrial Instruction. Victoria Progress report of the Technological Commission Melbourne John Ferres, Government Printer 1869 Journal Article: On Chlorine as a Solvent of Gold Bleasdale, John Ignatius On Chlorine as a Solvent of Gold Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1865 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 6 47-52 Journal Article: On Colonial Wines Bleasdale, J.I. On Colonial Wines Melbourne Wilson & Mackinnon 1867 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 8 53-72 Journal Article: On the essence of meat and other methods of preserving fleshmeat Bleasdale, J.I. On the essence of meat and other methods of preserving fleshmeat Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1867 The Australian Medical Journal 13 78-86 Book: Bleasdale, 1850-1950: a centenary history of Bleasdale, Langhornes Creek, South Australia Smith, Wilson Berry Bleasdale, 1850-1950: a centenary history of Bleasdale, Langhornes Creek, South Australia Adelaide Advertiser 1950 Book Section: Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822-1884), Catholic clergyman Grigsby, J. R. J. Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822-1884), Catholic clergyman Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 183-184 Journal Article: The Rev Dr J. I. Bleasdale and the Medical Society of Victoria Farrer, Keith Thomas Henry The Rev Dr J. I. Bleasdale and the Medical Society of Victoria 1993 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 86 166-198 Conference Paper: Gemstones in the Forest: Rev. John Bleasdale's Journey to William Wallace Creek, Victoria Birch, W. D. Gemstones in the Forest: Rev. John Bleasdale's Journey to William Wallace Creek, Victoria Melbourne Earth Sciences History Group, GSA Inc. 2007 The History of Geology in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; the Story in Australia, and in Victoria, from Selwyn and McCoy to Gregory - 1853 to 1903 Pierson, R. R. 8-11 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Bleasdale, John Ignatius Portrait Bleasdale, John Ignatius Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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