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Mueller, Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von [Baron von Mueller] (1825 - 1896)

Birth:
30 June 1825, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany/German States
Death:
10 October 1896, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Publication Details:
Originally published in ADB, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 306-308
Author:
Deirdre Morris

Article History

Print Publication Details

Deirdre Morris, 'Mueller, Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von [Baron von Mueller] (1825 - 1896)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 306-308.

Amendments

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Page Amendment Year Published
306bline 4 for Schleswig-Holstein read Mecklenburg-Schwerin1986
308bline 19 for 1861 read 18711981
308bline 21 for 1868 read 18691981
308bline 22 for 1869 read 18791981
306aline 4 after only insert surviving????
306alines 8-16 for chemist…returned read pharmacist in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, becoming an enthusiastic and knowledgable botanist. He attended the University of Kiel, 1845-47, where he completed his pharmacy qualification and was awarded a Ph.D. for a thesis surveying the flora of southern Schleswig. Concern about his sister's health and perhaps his own persuaded him and his two surviving sisters to seek a warmer climate. They????
307aline 51 for absorbing read both????
307aline 53 for into read and and after Society insert of Victoria????
307alines 1-3 delete from…sisters????
307alines 16-19 for and,…corresponded, read where????
307alines 6-8 for as an…north as read occasionally as a pharmacist, he devoted most of his time to investigating the South Australian flora from Mount Gambier to the Flinders Ranges and????
307bline 11 for Soon after read After????
307bline 12 for in January read , in August????
307bline 2 for North West Australia read North Australian Exploring????
307bline 34 for 1855 read 1856????
307blines 32-33 delete , Leichhardt????
307blines 6-7 for They…journey read After tracing the Victoria River to its source and penetrating the Great Sandy Desert as far as Lake Gregory, they journeyed????
308aline 1 for eucalypt read eucalypts????
308aline 21 delete as director????
308aline 28 for sometimes read regularly????
308aline 37 for his Select read the first of many editions of his Select Extra-tropical????
308aline 38 delete in Victoria????
308aline 49 for decade read decades????
308aline 58 for were published read appeared and for 1885- read 1886-????
308alines 2 and 4 for eucalypt read eucalyptus????
308alines 61-62 for was…development of read should colonise????
308bline 10 for chairman read president????
308bline 11 for Society read Institute of Victoria and after 1859 insert at the time it received its royal charter and became the Royal Society of Victoria????
308bline 12 after the insert Royal Geographical,????
308bline 15 after Branch insert (1883-96)????
308bline 21 after berg insert , having been granted his 'von' in 1867????
308blines 13-14 delete a founder…and????
308blines 38-39 for he gave…engagement read and Rebecca Nordt in 1865????

Online Publication Details

Deirdre Morris, 'Mueller, Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von [Baron von Mueller] (1825 - 1896)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, copyright 2006, Australian National University.

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