Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (28 November 1761 in Crassier,

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– 7 January 1828) was a Swiss-German bryologist. He studied at the

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, and at the age of 19 began work as a tutor to the princes of

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. In 1804, he was appointed ''Geheimer Legationsrath'' to the Privy Council, and later on, he worked as a

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in the city of

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. He was the author of an important work on

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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

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(1765-1812). A portion of his

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is now housed at the Berlin Botanical Museum, and a number of his scientific papers are kept at the ''Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein'' in

. Also, he was the author of ''Délassements poétiques'', a well-received book of

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.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bridel-Brideri, Samuel Elisee 1761 births 1828 deaths People from Nyon District 19th-century Swiss botanists Bryologists 18th-century Swiss botanists University of Lausanne alumni