Nomination of a Candidate for Election
| Name | Ernest Favenc |
| Description | Australian Explorer Author of “The great Austral Plain”, “Western Australia”, “History of Australian Exploration” — etc.1 |
| Residence | Sydney |
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, | FRGS | { From personal knowledge |
| A. C. Macdonald | FRGS | |
| Wm Potter | F.R.G.S. | |
| Crawford Pasco RN. | F.R.G.S.2 |
Melbourne, 26 Oct 1887
Favenc (1881), Favenc (1887) and Favenc (1888).
Annotated: Proposed12th Dec '87 | Elected 16th Jan 88 | Never qualified (i.e. did not pay the subscription).
Favenc was later elected FRGS on 16 November 1908 (Geographical Journal, vol. 32, part 6, 1908, p. 634); he had, however, died in Sydney on 14 November 1908 (ADB), not after the election as implied in the RGS obituary notice (Geographical Journal, vol. 33, part 3, 1909, p. 337).
MS is a handwritten facsimile of the Society's then current form, prepared by Macdonald; autograph signatures of other proposers; address and date line added by M.
Please cite as “FVM-87-10-26c,” 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