To the Linnean Society of London   1 March 1877

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

Archibald Liversidge Esq., F.G.S., F.C.S., Profr of Geology & Mineralogy in the University of Sydney, N.S.W.1

 

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especiallyMineralogy

being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that honour.

 

Ferd. von Mueller2

Ed. Perceval Wright

James Murie

 

This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.

N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.

 

This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the 1st day of March, 1877.

The Ballot will take place on the 5th day of April, 1877.3

 
1
The text appears to have been wriiten by Richard Kippist.
2
M’s signature is on a slip of paper cut from a letter and pasted onto the form. Presumably M had written to one of his correspondents requesting that Liversidge be nominated, but no letter has been found. It would probably have been written no later than January 1877. The certificate has been dated to the probable day of its completion, almost certainly at the rooms of the Society.
3

Annotated on front: Elected Rd.K. On back: Prof Archibd Liversidge | Sydney | Elected April 5, 1877.

Liversidge withdrew from the Fellowship in the 1882-83 session (Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 1882-83 session, p. 9).

Please cite as “FVM-77-03-01a,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/77-03-01a