To the Linnean Society of London 1    January 1885

 

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON

We the Undersigned beg to recommend

George Luehmann2 Esqr of Melbourne for the honor of the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which he is well entitled by his zeal in botanic Science.

Ferd Von Mueller, M.D., FLS.

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

RobtD Fitzgerald, F.L.S.

 

Note.

Mr Lühmann is since a series of years engaged in my Department, and thus aids also in work of the bot Museum.3

1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures. It is not known when the recommendation was written and signed by Mueller, or when the additional supporters signed it. To have been read in March, it must have sent to London by January 1885. It has been numbered accordingly. The letter is pasted onto the top of a formal recommendation form.
2
George Luehmann underlined in brown crayon.
3

The postscript paragraphs are on a slip of paper pasted onto the bottom of the sheet; the annotations detailing the election history are written partly in this addition to the main sheet.

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

back: J G Luehmann elected 16 Apl 1885.


Please cite as “FVM-85-01-00b,” 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/85-01-00b