Frederick William Basedow, born Emil Friedrich Wilhelm Basedow (22 March 1867 â 23 October 1939), was an Evangelical Lutheran minister in Adelaide, South Australia.
Basedow was born in Tanunda, South Australia, to Johannes Christoph Basedow and Anna Louise Basedow, née Rischiek or Rieschiek. He was a cousin of Dr Herbert Basedow, explorer and geologist.
As a young man he was inclined to a life of service to the church, and was accepted for training in Basle, Switzerland. After six years there he was ordained in Württemberg then served as a missionary to Kamerun (now Cameroon), for ten years, after which he returned to Australia, working in Murtoa, Victoria. Then he received a call to St Stephani Church in Adelaide, which he accepted.
In 1906 he succeeded Ernst Johann Eitel as pastor of the newly erected St Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wakefield street, where he served until his retirement in 1937.
He died at his residence, 248 Young Street, North Unley, aged 73. His remains were buried in the West Terrace Cemetery.
Basedow married (Helen) Sophie Hiller (c. 1871 â 23 February 1935). Sophie was a daughter of Rev. C. G. Hiller.