FORM OF RECOMMENDATION
FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
Frederick Arthur Askew Skuse, Australian Museum, Sydney
a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especially Entomology
(memoirs on Australian Diptera in Proc. Linnean Soc. N.S.W).
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.
John Brazier, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., M.C.S.G&1B.&I.
Ferd. Mueller M.D. F.L.S
J H Maiden
Wm Woolls PH.D., F.L.S.
James C Cox M.D. FRCS EDIN. FLS
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 21st day of January 1892
The Ballot will take place on the 18th day of February 18922
Superfluous '&'.
Unusually, the back of form is not annotated; Skuse was elected (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1891-92 session, p. 50).
Form completed and signed by Brazier; other supporters' autograph signatures. It is not known when the recommendation was written and signed by Brazier, nor when the additional supporters signed it. To have been read in January 1892, the certificate would probably have been mailed by November 1891; it is numbered accordingly.
C.M.Z.S. = Charter Member of the Zoological Society [of London];
M.C.S.G.B.&I = Member of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Please cite as “FVM-91-11-00,” 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