To the Royal Geographical Society   14 May 1877

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Revd. George Brown C.M.Z.S1

Title

Residence

Care of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
 

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

 

Dated this14th day of May 18772

 

(Signed) Ferd.von Mueller, M.D3.

F.R.G.S

{ From personal Knowledge

Rawson W Rawson

F.R.G.S.

J. A. Grant

F.R.G.S.
 

Proposed

May 14th 1877

Elected

May 28th 18774
 
1
Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society.
2
See also certificate, 22 January 1877. Brown appears to have been put forward for election twice. The January certificate gives the address of relatives in Auckland where Brown spent some time while on furlough from his mission duties. The address given here was the address he used for correspondence while in the field. See also M to H. Rawlinson, 3 November 1874 (in this edition as 74-11-03a).
3
Not M’s autograph signature; name in the hand that completed the certificate.
4
AnnotatedDied 1904 and Removed 1904. The date of death is in error: Brown died on 7 April 1917.

Please cite as “FVM-77-05-14,” 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/77-05-14