To the Linnean Society of London   January 1880

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

S. H. Wintle Esqr of George Bay, Tasmania,

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especiallyEntomology, and geology

 

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.LS.1

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

RobtD Fitzgerald. F.L.S.

 

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 18th day of March 1880.2

The Ballot will take place on the 15th day of April 1880.3

1
Details completed and form signed by M; other supporters' autograph signatures.
2
The date of preparation by M, and signature by Woolls and Fitzgerald is unknown, but it could have been no later than early 1880; the item has been numbered accordingly.
3

Annotated, back: S H Wintle, Esq Elected, 15 April 1880.

See also M to Linnean Society, 10 January 1881 (in this edition as 81-01-10a).

Please cite as “FVM-80-01-00c,” 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/80-01-00c