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From the Royal Bavarian Academy of Letters and Sciences to Ferdinand von Mueller   25 July 1885

ACADEMIA

literarum et scientiarum

REGIA BOICA

Te liberum Baronem FERDINANDUM DE MUELLER, rerum botanicarum in regno Australiensi praefectum, propter egregia de scientia plantarum, imprimis Australiensiorum, merita, Socium extraneum in concessu die XX. mensis Junii habito cooptavit.

Postquam hoc novum inter nos consortium auctoritate Regia die XXIV. mensis Julii confirmatum est, in eius rei testimonium has literas sigillo Academiae nostrae instructas Tibi mittendas curavimus.

Praeses

Ign. de Doellinger

Secretarius classis

C. v. Voit

MONACHII, die XXV. m. Julii a. MDCCCLXXXV.

The Royal Bavarian Academy

of

Letters and Sciences

In a disposition of 20 June has co-opted you, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller,1 overseer of botanical matters in the Australian realm, as a foreign Member on account of outstanding services in the science of plants, particularly Australian ones.

After this new fellowship among us was confirmed by Royal authority on 24 July, we took care that this letter, drawn up under the seal of our Academy, be sent to you as witness of this matter.

President

Ign. de Doellinger

Secretary of the Class

C. v. Voit

At Munich, 25 July 1885.

1

Literally 'free Baron', presumably a reflection of the original German of M's title, 'Freiherr'.

2

MS is a printed certificate, decorated with a drawn profile of a Roman male and bearing the seal of the Society next to the signatures of the office bearers. Only the signatures are handwritten.

Please cite as “FVM-85-07-25c,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-07-25c