Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri
Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (28 November 1761 in Crassier, Vaud – 7 January 1828) was a Swiss-German bryologist. He studied at the University of Lausanne, and at the age of 19 began work as a tutor to the princes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. In 1804, he was appointed Geheimer Legationsrath to the Privy Council, and later on, he worked as a librarian in the city of Gotha.
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Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri
- Name
- Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri
- Born
- 28 November 1761
- Died
- 7 January 1828
- Education
- University of Lausanne
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Occupation
- botanist, bryologist, librarian, poet, writer, hofmeister and protestant theologian.
- Fields
- botany, bryology, literature and poetry.
- Languages
- Latin, French and German.
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Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (28 November 1761 in Crassier, Vaud – 7 January 1828) was a Swiss-German bryologist. He studied at the University of Lausanne, and at the age of 19 began work as a tutor to the princes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. In 1804, he was appointed Geheimer Legationsrath to the Privy Council, and later on, he worked as a librarian in the city of Gotha.
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Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (1762–1828) was a Swiss botanist, bryologist and hofmeister, among other activities. Born in Crassier, the botanist died in Gotha.
Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri studied at University of Lausanne. The botanist was a member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri was active in botany, bryology and literature. Languages used include French, German and Latin.
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He was the author of an important work on mosses titled Muscologia recentiorum (1797–1803), of which several supplements were issued in the ensuing years. Later on, he published the two-volume Bryologia universa (1826–27), which was an improved edition of his earlier work. In the latter work he introduced a new system for the classification of mosses; a system that is no longer used. The genus Bridelia was named in his honor by German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812). A portion of his herbarium is now housed at the Berlin Botanical Museum, and a number of his scientific papers are kept at the Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha. Also, he was the author of Délassements poétiques, a well-received book of poetry.
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• Name — Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri • Born — 28 November 1761 • Died — 7 January 1828 • Fields — Bryology • Education — University of Lausanne • Author Abbrev Bot — Brid.
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