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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 77.01.22

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1877-01-22. 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/1870-9/1877/77-01-22-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
Name
Rev G Brown
Title
Residence
Hepburn Street, Auckland, New Zealand
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 22nd day of January 1877
1
See also Certificate dated 14 May 1877. George Brown appears to have been put forward for election twice. When Brown first went to New Zealand he lived with his uncle by marriage, Rev. Thomas Buddle. Wise's directory of New Zealand for the years 1875-6 lists two Buddle households in Hepburn Street, Auckland, one 'Thos. Buddle'. In late 1876 and part of 1877 Brown was on furlough with time in New Zealand, but he returned to mission duties by mid-year (G. Brown (1908), pp. 219–23). See also M to H. Rawlinson, 3 November 1874 (in this edition as 74-11-03a).
(Signed) Ferd. von Müller
2
Not M's autograph signature; name in the hand that completed the certificate.
F.R.G.S
{ From personal Knowledge
Arthur Russell
F.R.G.S.
Clements R Markham
F.R.G.S.
Proposed
22 Jan 1877
Elected
February 12th 1877
3
Annotated Died 1904 and Removed April 1904. The date of death is in error: Brown died on 7 April 1917. For a letter signed by the Secretaries, Clements Markham and R. H. Major, and dated 14 February 1877, informing Brown that he had been elected a Fellow of the Society, see A1686/22, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.