To Richard Kippist   25 May 1866

25/5/66

Dear Mr Kippist

I beg and propose Mr Morton Allport of Hobarton1 for the fellowship of the L.S.2

This Gentleman is one of the most ardent promotors of the naturalisation of the Salmon in Australia & a great lover of natural history3

Ever your regardful

Ferd. Mueller4

1
Now Hobart, Tas.
2
Linnean Society, London.
3
Allport accepted M’s offer to nominate him in M. Allport to M, 9 April 1866.
4

Annotated: Acknl Oct 25/66. Rd. K’. Letter not found.

M’s letter is accompanied by a MS nomination certificate, signed by George Bentham and Geo. Busk, and ‘Ferdinand Mueller (by letter)’. Allport was proposed on 1 November 1866 and elected on 17 January 1867.

Please cite as “FVM-66-05-25,” 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/66-05-25