To the Royal Geographical Society   19 January 1891

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

James Backhouse Walker

Description

Barrister & Solicitor

Residence

Hobart, Tasmania
 

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 19th day of January 1891

 

(Signed)

A. C. Macdonald

F.R.G.S

{ From personal knowledge

(")

Ferd: von Mueller

F.R.G.S.

(")1

G. S. Griffiths

F.R.G.S.
 

Proposed

19th Jany

1891

Elected

9th Feby

1891
 

Died 18992

1
The names of the proposers and the date are in the unidentified hand of the person who completed the candidate’s details. No letter suggesting the candidature has been found.
2
1899 in an unknown hand.

Please cite as “FVM-91-01-19a,” 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/91-01-19a