Person

Breidahl, Harald Theodor Wilhelm (1853 - 1942)

Born
4 December 1853
Augustenborg, Denmark
Died
29 May 1942
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Bryologist, Industrial chemist and Pharmacist

Summary

Harald T. W. Breidahl was a pharmacist and industrial chemist who came to Victoria in 1887 after working for several years as a distiller in London. In Melbourne, he was for 54 years Manager of Joshua Brothers Distillery, Port Melbourne, the makers of Boomerang Brandy. Breidahl was interested in mosses. Specimens which he collected between 1889 and 1912, mostly in Victoria, were donated in 1948 to the University of Melbourne Herbarium by his son, Harald G. Breidahl. This collection included specimens from Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland as well as New Zealand: it may include duplicates of type specimens lost in the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium during WWII.

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Chronology

1880s
Career position - Distiller for Haig and Co. London
1887
Life event - Migrated to Victoria

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Journal Articles

  • Brown, Gillian, 'Mosses, liverworts and hornworts: significant bryophyte collections at the University of Melbourne Herbarium', University of Melbourne Collections, 8 (2011), -7. Details

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