To the Linnean Society of London   January 1879

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

T. M. Curl,1 M. D., Manuha Bush-Station, Central Rangitikei, Wellington, New Zealand

 

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History especially applied Botany

 

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 Mueller M.D. F.L.S.

William Woolls Ph.D, F.L.S.

Robt DFitzgerald, F.L.S2

 

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 20th day of March 1879

The Ballot will take place on the 17th day of April 18793

 
1
The name is an error for ‘S. M. Curl’: see membership list in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, vol. 9, 1876, p. li. A series of articles in the Transactionsis similarly signed.
2
Curl’s details completed and form signed by M; other supporters’ autograph signatures. It is not known when M prepared the form or when it was signed by Woolls and Fitzgerald, but it was presumably early in 1879, and the item is numbered accordingly.
3
Annotated on back: Dr. T. M Curl | Electd April 17, 1878.

Please cite as “FVM-79-01-00b,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-01-00b