To the Linnean Society of London   December 1887

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

 

Maiden,1 Joseph Henry

F.R.G.S., Curator of the Technological Museum Sydney,

Member of the Council of the Linnean Soc. of N.S.W., c/o Messrs Trübner & Co Ludgate Hill, London

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especiallyBotany and the Chemistry of vegetable products2

being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that honour.

 

Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., F.L.S.

James C Cox, MD

Ed. P. Ramsay L.L.D., F R.S.E, F.L.S., &c

H. Deane, MA, Memb Inst. C.E.L

[Wi]lliam Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S. &c3

William A. Haswell, M.A. DSc.

John Brazier F.L.S., &c &c

 

This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.

N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.

 

This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the 2nd day of Feb. 1888.4

The Ballot will take place on the 1st day of March, 18885

 
1
Maiden underlined in brown crayon.
2
The body of the certificate was apparently filled in by Maiden, cf. Maiden's obligation form dated 'Technological Museum, [….] [ text obscured ] 1 May 1888', undertaking to pay fees while he remained a member.
3
Deane signed across the printed text; Woolls signed at the bottom of the sheet below the printed text; the corner of the sheet is missing.
4
To have been read at the Society in February, the form must have been sent no later than December 1887, and it is numbered accordingly.
5
Annotated on back, in ink: Joseph Henry Maiden elected 1 March 1888.

Please cite as “FVM-87-12-00e,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-12-00e