Bedwell, Frederick (1796 - 1853)

Born Wales, 5 Nov. 1796; died Paterson, NSW, 1 May 1853 [apoplexy]

Master's mate with P.P. King on his surveys in HMC Mermaid, 1818, 1819-20, 1820, & the Bathurst, 1821-22.

Collected some plants,e.g. probably the type of Sturt Pea at Curlew R, W.A. 19 to 21 Feb. 1818; SouthGoulburn Is., 8-18 Aug. 1819.

Specimens at CGE.

Portrait: Hordern (1997) facing p. 27.

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]