To the Royal Geographical Society   10 August 1896

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

L. Lindley-Cowen Esqr. F.R.H.S.

Description

Secretary for Agriculture

Residence

Perth, West Australia An Explorer formerly in the Western United States and Madagascar
 

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 10th day of August 1896

 

[ ]1

F.R.G.S

{ From personal knowledge

Ferd von Mueller

F.R.G.S.

T.F. Bride

F.R.G.S.
 
 

Proposed

November 10 1896

Elected

23rd [November]2 1896
 

Never Qualified3

 

NOTE.—State for information of the Council the Geographical work or qualifications, if any, of the Candidate.

1
Illegible signature.
2
No month is inserted in the space, but the back of the certificate is inscribedElected 23rd Nov.
3
i.e. did not pay the required fees; annotation on back of certificate.

Please cite as “FVM-96-08-10,” 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 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/96-08-10