To the Linnean Society of London   May 1887

We the Undersigned beg to propose

Charles Topp Esq., M.A.,

Warden of the Senate of the Melbourne University, for the fellowship of the Linnean Society, of which honor he is well worthy through his studies in relation to Australian plants,

 

Ferd von Mueller, M.D., FLS. 1

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

Robert Fitzgerald, F.L.S.2

 

May 1887

1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures; It is not known when Woolls and Fitzgerald signed the manuscript.
2
Annotated, bottom front:Read 3 Nov 1887, Ballot 1st Dec 1887; top front: For November; back: elected 1 Dec 1887.

Please cite as “FVM-87-05-00,” 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 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-05-00