John Bleasdale

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John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822–1884) was an English-born Roman Catholic priest, chemist and mineralogist active in Australia and president of the Royal Society of Victoria in 1865.

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Bleasdale was born in Kirkham in Lancashire. He was educated at private schools in Preston, then trained to become a priest (1835 to 1845), first at the English College, Lisbon, in Portugal then, forced to return to England by ill health, at St Mary’s College, Oscott in ^[1] Birmingham. Following his ordination by Cardinal Wiseman, Bleasdale served as a military chaplain in Weedon ^[1] in Britain. He arrived in Victoria (Australia) in 1851 and was appointed to the mission in Geelong. In 1855 he became vice-president of St Patrick's College in Melbourne. He was for several years private secretary to the Bishop of Melbourne.^[1]

Kirkham is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston and adjacent to the smaller town of Wesham. It owes its existence to Carr Hill upon which it was built and which was the location of a Roman fort. At the Census of 2011 it had a population 7,194.

Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km²). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

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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 and died in San Francisco in June 1884.

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Frank Potts (1815–1890) named his Bleasdale Winery in Langhorne Creek, South Australia, for him though there is no evidence the two ever met.^[2]

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References

Findings – Chronology of Wine as a Medicine University of Western Sydney
Bleasdale, John Ignatius (1822 - 1884) Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne

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1 2 3 Heaton, J. Henniker Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of their Time George Robertson, Sydney 1879
↑ Potts, Lorraine M. (ed.) Frank Potts of Langhorne Creek; his children and grandchildren Potts Family Historical Committee, Langhorne Creek 2004 ISBN 0646436228

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[Heaton-1] 1 2 3 Heaton, J. Henniker Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of their Time George Robertson, Sydney 1879

[2] Potts, Lorraine M. (ed.) Frank Potts of Langhorne Creek; his children and grandchildren Potts Family Historical Committee, Langhorne Creek 2004 ISBN 0646436228