To the Royal Geographical Society1    August 1887

Nomination of a Candidate for Election

 

Name

John Simeon Elkington M.A. L.L.B.

Description

Professor of History & Political Economy in the University of Melbourne

Residence

Melbourne
 

Being desirous of admission into the Royal Geographical Society, We the undersigned recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow

 

Ferd. von Mueller, MD., FRGS

{ from personal knowledge

A.C. Macdonald FRGS

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Crawford Pasco R.N. F.R.G.S

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1
Certificate is a handwritten facsimile, completed by A. C. Macdonald, with autograph signatures.Date is estimated from the date of the proposal being laid before the RGS; see other certificates laid before the Society on the same day, in this edition as 87-08-17, 87-08-17a and 87-08-17b. 
2
Annotated : Proposed 14th Nov 1887 | Elected 28th Nov 1887 | Removed 1892.

Please cite as “FVM-87-08-00a,” 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 6 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-08-00a