18./5./80
I have just intimation, dear Mr Shillinglaw, that on the 3 April you have been unanimously elected a corresponding member of the geograph. Society of Hamburg on my proposition warmly supported by Dr Neumayer & Dr Sonder.1
With best felicitation
Ferd. von Mueller.
Geographische Gesellschaft in Hamburg. See also M to J. Shillinglaw, 14 March 1880.
Please cite as “FVM-80-05-18,” 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