To the Linnean Society of London   January 1879

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

J. E. Brown Esqr Inspector of forests of South Australia, Adelaide

 

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especially forest-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. Mueller, M.D. F.LS.1

William Woolls Ph.D. F.LS

Robt D Fitzgerald FLS

 

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 3rd day of April 1879

The Ballot will take place on the 1st day of May 1879.2

 
1
Form completed and signed by M; other supporters' autograph signatures. It is not known when M completed the form, nor when the other supporters signed it, but it must have been mailed by early 1879; the item is numbered accordingly.
2

Annotated bottom front: Elected. Rd.K.

back, in ink: J. E. Brown, Esq | elected May 1 1879.

back, in pencil, in another hand: Adelaide, S.A.

Please cite as “FVM-79-01-00c,” 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/79-01-00c