To the Linnean Society of London 1    September 1890

 

We the Undersigned beg to propose:

Walter Gill Esqr., Conservator in Chief of the Forests of South-Australia, Adr. Adelaide 2 for the fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which honor he has fair claim not only by the great forestral interests under his care, but also by his vivid interest in the elucidation of the general flora of his colony.

Ferd von Mueller, M.D., F.LS.

William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.

Robert Collie F.L.S.3

1
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures. The item is numbered on the basis that this certificate was read on the same date as that for William Brown; see M to the Linnean Society of London, 23 September 1890.
2
Adr. Adelaide is a marginal note with intended position indicated by an asterisk.
3

Annotated front: Read 6 Nov 1890 Ballot will take place 4 Dec 1890

back: Walter Gill elected 4 Decbr 1890.

The file includes the obligation form signed and dated 17 February 1891 by Gill, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member. It was witnessed by C [..] Gooden.

Please cite as “FVM-90-09-00,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/90-09-00