To the Linnean Society of London 1    15 October 1883

15/10/83

 

We the undersigned beg to recommend

D. Sullivan2 Esqr, Head

Teacher of the State School,

Moyston, Victoria,

for election as a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he being well worthy of this honor through his zealous devotion to the cause of Botany.

Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., FLS.

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

Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.3

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M autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures.
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D Sullivan is underlined in crayon.
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Annotated, front, bottom: Proposed 17 Jany 1884 Ballot 21 February 1884 BDJ [B. D. Jackson]; front top, in pencil, added at a later date:Ob wanting; back: D Sullivan Esq elected 21 Feby 1884 BDJ.

Sullivan’s death was announced at the Linnean Society’s adjourned Anniversary Meeting, 4 June 1896 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London,1895-6 session, p. 14), and a short unsigned obituary was published in the same volume, p. 47.

Please cite as “FVM-83-10-15a,” 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/83-10-15a