To the Royal Geographical Society   26 October 1887

Nomination of a Candidate for Election 1

 

Name

Ernest Favenc

Description

Australian Explorer Author of “The great

Austral Plain”, “Western Australia”, “History of

Australian Exploration” — etc.2

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.3
 

Melbourne, 26 Oct 1887

1
The 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.
2
Favenc (1881, 1887, 1888).
3

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).

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 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-10-26c