To the Royal Geographical Society   26 September 1872

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Alexander Forrest, Esq

Title

Residence

Survey Department of Perth West Australia
 

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 26th day of Septr 1872

 

(Signed) F. Mueller1

F.R.G.

{ From personal Knowledge

H Rawlinson

F.R.G.S.

Erm Ommanney

F.R.G.S.
 

Proposed

11th November

1872

Elected

25th November

1872
 

Died June 19012

1
Not M’s autograph signature; name written in the unknown hand that completed the certificate.
2
Died ... 1901 in another hand.

Please cite as “FVM-72-09-26,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-09-26