Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow (25 September 1829 – 12 March 1902), commonly referred to asHon. M. P. F. Basedow orHon. F. Basedow, was a German-born newspaper proprietor and politician in the British colony ofSouth Australia.
Basedow was a native ofHanover,Germany who arrived in South Australia aboard thePauline in March 1848.
Basedow,C. H. Barton, and Georg Valentine Eimer (c. 1824 – c. 3 April 1901), trading as George Eimer & Co. purchased theGerman language newspaperSüd Australische Zeitung in late 1862 and, contrary to promises and expectations, immediately moved production from Tanunda to Adelaide.[1] The partnership was dissolved on 31 January 1863 and Eimer became sole owner,[2] then brought in Basedow as partner in Basedow, Eimer & Co. In January 1870 they founded theAustralische Zeitung,[3] andSüd Australische Zeitung continued to be published until December 1874, when it was absorbed intoAustralische Zeitung, and Dr.Carl Muecke was appointed editor.[4]In 1876 they absorbed theNeue Deutsche Zeitung, a competing paper published by G. C. L. and F. A. Reiger, and J. W. A. Sudholz.[5]
Basedow representedBarossa in theSouth Australian House of Assembly from 20 May 1876 to 22 April 1890 when he failed to be reelected. He wasMinister of Education in theMorgan Ministry from March to June 1881. He entered theSouth Australian Legislative Council for the electorate of North-Eastern District on 19 May 1894 and held the seat until 18 May 1900.[6][7]
Basedow married Johanna Maria Kiesewetter (died 1867) in 1852.[8]
He married again, to the widow Anna Clara Helena Schrader (died 1921) in 1868.[8]
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