The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Gardens ¶ 17/1/66 ¶ ¶ I Hereby beg to propose Gerhard Krefft Esq. Director of the Museum of Sydney, for a Fellowship of the Linnean Society. Mr Krefft is personally known to me as an e...

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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, foreign members and associates 1865-1870. 66.01.17

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1866-01-17. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1866/66-01-17-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Melbourne bot. Gardens

17/1/66

I Hereby beg to propose Gerhard Krefft Esq. Director of the Museum of Sydney, for a Fellowship of the Linnean Society. Mr Krefft is personally known to me as an excellent naturalist & acquired celebrity for his researches into the zoological treasures of New South Wales.

Ferd. Mueller

F.L.S.

MS annotation, front: Proposed, April 19, 1866 | Ballot, Novr 1, 1866. | Elected Rd. K.

Kreft was formally proposed on 19 April 1866 on a MS certificate in Richard Kippist’s (?) hand, signed ‘Ferdinand Müller (by letter) | Geo Busk | Fredk Currey | Geo Macleay’. He was described as ‘Gerhard Krefft, Esqr, Correspg Member Zool. Soc,, &c, Director of the Australian Museum Sydney, … and an excellent Zoological Observer’.