To the Linnean Society of London1    January 1885

 

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 2

 

We the undersigned beg to propose:

Charles French3 Esqr. of Melbourne

for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which he is well entitled by his zealous working in Australian Entomology and Botany. Mr French is Secretary of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.

 

Ferd von Mueller, M.D. FLS.,

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

Robt D Fitzgerald F.L.S.

Frans. P. Pascoe

 

Mr French has also English referees, thus Mr. Wallace and Mr Pascoe4

1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures.
2
The top of a standard form of recommendation has been pasted to the top of the MS sheet, and the Linnean Society coat of arms is pasted to the left of the signatures, both cut from a printed certificate.
3
Name underlined in crayon.
4

M wrote the final paragraph at the bottom of the sheet. The entomologist Francis Pascoe presumably signed after the letter was received at the Society.

Annotated front: This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society 19 March 1885 The Ballot will take place on 16th April 1885 BDJ [B. D. Jackson].

back: Chas French elected 16 April 1885.

The file includes the undated obligation form signed by French, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member.

Please cite as “FVM-85-01-00a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-01-00a