Certificate of Candidate for Election
(N.B. Directions for the filling up are given on the other side.)1
| (Name) | Frederick M’Coy, F.G.S., HM.C.P.S. |
| (Title or Designation) | Professor of natural sciences in the Univ. of Melbourne, Gov. Palaeontologist, and Director of the Museum. |
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| (Usual Place of Residence) | Melbourne. |
Qualifications2
A leading geologic authority; Murchison-Medalist; Discovered, described and figured a very considerable number of extinct animals and added also many species to the recent Fauna, published partly in the Annals & Magazine of Natural history (since 1840) and partly in the following works: Synopsis of carboniferous fossils of Ireland, also of silurian fossils of Ireland, Contributions of British Palaeontology, Prodromus of palaeontology of Vict., Prodr. of zoology of Victoria; Coauthor with Prof. Sedgwick in the work on British palaeozoic rocks and fossils.3
being desirous of admission into the ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, the undersigned, propose and recommend him as deserving that honour, and as likely to become a useful and valuable Member. Dated this 4th day of March 1880
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From General Knowledge4 |
From Personal Knowledge. | |
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Elected June 3. 18805 |
Ferd. von Mueller. MD., FRS. Andw C Ramsay Robert Etheridge6 T.G. Bonney Ths Davidson H W Bristow Enniskillen Warrington W. Smyth |
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Read to the Society on the 4th day of March 1880.
* If of no Profession or Trade, this should be stated by writing the word None in the Blank
The certificate has been completed by M, with autograph signatures of other supporters. The date has been completed in another, unknown hand. It is not known when M wrote the proposal. Instructions for filling up have not been included in this transcription.
On the form, 'Qualifications' is printed vertically to the left of the space left for the details.
The works specifically cited are McCoy (1862), McCoy (1846), McCoy (1874-82), McCoy (1878-90), Sedgwick (1854), respectively.
This column contains no signatures.
Elected June 3. 1880 recording McCoy's election at the first attempt is in the same hand as the date of proposal; it is written diagonally across the middle of the column.
Robert Etheridge Sr.
Please cite as “FVM-80-03-04a,” 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