John Bleasdale
John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822–28 June 1884) was an English-born Roman Catholic priest, chemist and mineralogist active in Australia and president of the Royal Society of Victoria in 1865.
Bleasdale was born in
Bleasdale was a foundation member of the Melbourne Microscopical Society, a fellow of the Geographical and Linnean societies and honorary member of Medical Society of Victoria. He was also one of the leading advocates for wine in Victoria.
Bleasdale migrated to California in 1877, where he held honorary positions as secretary of the Microscopical Society and the Viticultural Society, and provided advice to Californian vinegrowers. He died in San Francisco on 28 June 1884.[2]
Frank Potts (1815–1890) named his Bleasdale Winery in Langhorne Creek, South Australia, for him though there is no evidence the two ever met.[3]
References
- Findings – Chronology of Wine as a Medicine University of Western Sydney
- Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884) Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne
- ^ a b c Heaton, J. Henniker Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of their Time George Robertson, Sydney 1879
- The South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA. 11 August 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISBN 0646436228
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