To the Royal Geographical Society   16 June 1887

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Samuel Hartshorne Ridge B.A.1

Description 2

Member of the Royal Society of Victoria The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia - and a Fellow of the Institute of Accountants in Victoria

Residence

188 Victoria Parade East Melbourne Victoria c/o A.C. Macdonald Esq3
 

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 16th day of June 1887

 

A.C. Macdonald

F.R.G.S.

{ From personal knowledge

Ferd. von Mueller

F.R.G.S.

Crawford A.D. Pasco R.N.

F.R.G.S.
 
 

Proposed

14th Nov

1887

Elected

[28th Nov]

188[7] 4
 
1
Although his death registration (Victoria, register of deaths, 1926, number 1828) gives his name as Daniel Hawthorne Ridge, the RGS certificate and printed lists of members all have Hartshorne as the middle name, as do Australian Electoral Rolls, for example, the 1924 'Roll of electors for the Subdivision of Carlton South', p. 84.
2
vide letter is written in an unknown hand to the left ofDescription. No letter concerning Ridge or from him has been found in the RGS archives.
3
The body of the certificate was completed by Macdonald.
4

The space for 'elected' is blank, but 'Elected Nov 28th' written on back of certificate.

Annotated: Removed 1896

Please cite as “FVM-87-06-16,” 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/87-06-16