C. A. Wilson, Esqr, M. Entomol. soc. Lond. Registrar of the Supreme Court, Adelaide, South Australia, a gentleman much attached to the study of Natural History, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, We the undersigned, do of our personal knowledge of him or of his character, recommend him as deserving of that honour, and likely to prove a valuable member.
Dr Ferdinand Müller (by letter)1
Maxwell T. Masters
George Bentham
Samuel Stevens2
See M to R. Kippist, 24 July 1865 (in this edition as 65-07-24a). The item is numbered according to the date of nomination, when it was likely to have been signed by the additional supporters. The text has been completed by Kippist; autograph signatures of Masters, Bentham and Stevens.
A letter from Wilson to Kippist, 28 July 1865, filed with this certificate, reported that 'Dr F. Mueller … in a late letter to me [letter not found] stated that "Mr Kippist the Librarian of the Linnean Society, was anxious that I should become a Fellow and that he" (Dr, Mueller) "had recommended me to the Fellowship"'. Wilson sought membership and gave a list of persons in London with whom he was in correspondence, including his first cousin Alfred Russel Wallace, and J. C Stephens (sic) 'since deceased'. Samuel Stevens, who now ran the J. C. Stevens Natural History business, was the treasurer of the Entomological Society of London. Wilson's details given here are from his letter to Kippist.
Please cite as “FVM-65-11-02,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/65-11-02