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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society   24 Oct 1895

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION1

Name Rev. John Bufton FLS, F.R.H.S
Description Clergyman of the Church of England
Residence Dunally, Tasmania, an Explorer in the southern Alps there.

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 24th day of Oct 1895

Ferd von Mueller F.R.G.S { From personal Knowledge
T. F. Bride F.R.G.S.
Wm. Potter2 F.R.G.S
Proposed

9th Dec 1895
Elected

6th Jany 1896

Resigned 2.2.1903

1

Except for the other sponsors’ signatures, the main body of the certificate has been completed in M's hand.

2

Wm. Potter has been deleted, and the annotation S.O. '94 added. [That is, Potter was ineligible to sponsor Bufton, having been struck off the Fellowship in 1894.]

Please cite as “FVM-95-10-24b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-10-24b