CONGRÈS INTERNATIONAL
des
SCIENCES GÉOGRAPHIQUES
Paris 1889.
Monsieur le Baron von Müller (Ferdinand) Directeur du Jardin Botanique de Melbourne Membre correspondant étranger de la Société de Géographie de Paris Membre Donateur
Le commissaire du Congrès: Cte de Bizemont
Le commissaire adjoint du Congrès: Gauthiot
International Congress
of
Geographical Sciences
Paris 1889
Baron von Müller (Ferdinand) Director of the Botanic Garden at Melbourne, foreign corresponding member of the Geographical Society of Paris, Donor Member.1
Commissioner of the Congress: Count de Bizemont
Assistant Commissioner of the Congress: Gauthiot
Registrants at the Congress were divided into two classes, Membres Donateurs and Membres Adhérents, the former paying 40 francs, the latter 20 francs, 'no other distinction being drawn between these except that the Membres Donateurs received a large medal, and were enrolled on a separate list' (Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography, new series, vol. 11, no. 9 (September 1889), p. 553). M's medal has not been found.
MS is a decorated certificate and is dated to August 1889, the Congress having been held on 5-10 August 1889.
Please cite as “FVM-89-08-00f,” 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