To the Linnean Society of London 1    20 September 1883

20/9/83

 
 

We the Undersigned beg to recommend the Reverend R. Thom,2 M.A., Principal of the Presbyterian Grammar-School of Sandhurst3 in the Colony of Victoria for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society of London, to which honor he is well entitled by his assiduous application to botanical science in recreative hours.

Ferd. von Mueller M.D., FLS.

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

Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.4

1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures. The file includes an undated obligation form signed by Thom, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a Fellow.
2
Reverend R. Thom underlined in crayon.
3
Now Bendigo, Vic.
4
Annotated front: Proposed Nov 15 1883 Ballot 20 December 1883; back: Rev R Thom elected 20 Dec 1883.

Please cite as “FVM-83-09-20,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-09-20