To the Linnean Society of London1    April 1885

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

E. Haviland Esq.,

Sydney

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especiallyBotany

being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that Honour.

 

Ferd. Mueller M.D., FLS.

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

Robt D Fitzgerald, F. L. S.

 

This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.

 

N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.

 

This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the 4th day of June 1885

The Ballot will take place on the 18th day of June 18852

 
1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures.
2

Annotated front: BDJ [B. D. Jackson]

back: Edwin Haviland elected 18 June 1885.

To have been read at the June meeting, the nomination form must have been completed by April 1885; the letter is numbered accordingly.

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

Haviland withdrew from the Fellowship during the session 1888-89 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society, session 1888-89, p. 11).



Please cite as “FVM-85-04-00b,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-04-00b