Samuel Élisée by Bridel

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Samuel Élisée von Bridel (-Brideri) (born November 28, 1761 in Crassier ( Canton Vaud , Switzerland), † January 7, 1828 in Gotha , Free State of Thuringia ) was a Swiss bryologist , librarian and poet . He is considered the leading bryologist of his time. Its botanical author abbreviation is " Brid. ".

Life

Bridel studied at the University of Lausanne and came to Gotha at a young age, where he became tutor to Princes August and Friedrich , who later became dukes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . In 1804 he was appointed Privy Councilor and librarian in Gotha. He studied the mosses and decades after his death his work was considered to be one of the most important in this field. In 1797 he published a description of all the then known mosses in his work Muscologia recentiorum in two volumes, to which several supplements appeared from 1806 to 1822. He subsequently wrote a new, improved edition with the nameBryologia universa , which appeared in two volumes in Leipzig from 1826 to 1827 and in which he also set up a new system of mosses, which is now considered obsolete. He also wrote poetry and had a volume of French poetry printed called Délassements poétiques .

Most of his moss herbarium was bought by the Botanical Museum Berlin . During World War II, the collection escaped destruction by Allied air raids by separating it from the main collection. It consists of 1006 herbarium sheets, each containing between one and 30 specimens. The whereabouts of the rest of his collection is unknown. His writings, consisting of 24 letters, some diaries and other personal documents, are kept in the Gotha Research Library.

Bridel found his final resting place in Gotha Cemetery II , but the grave is no longer preserved today.

The author, local researcher and clergyman Philippe-Sirice Bridel and the Reformed clergyman, theologian and university professor Jean-Louis Bridel were his brothers.

Honors

Samuel Élisée von Bridel was elected a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina in 1825 .

Fonts (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . Volume 3, Altenburg 1857, p. 302. ( online ).
  2. ^ A b Adolf Engler :  Bridel-Brideri, Samuel Elias von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 328.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Elke Zippel: Type material in the moss herbarium of Samuel Elisée von Bridel, 1. ( online (PDF) ).
  4. ^ Author entry and list of the plant names described for Samuel Élisée von Bridel at the IPNI .
  5. ↑ Roster Leopoldina: Samuel Elisée de Bridel-Brideri .
personal data
SURNAME Bridel, Samuel Élisée from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bridel-Brideri, Samuel Élisée from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss bryologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Crassier
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1828
Place of death Gotha