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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 77.05.14Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1877-05-14. 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/1870-9/1877/77-05-14-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
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Name
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Revd. George Brown C.M.Z.S
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Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society.
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Title
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Residence
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Care of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
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Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned,
recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.
Dated this14th
day of
May 1877
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See also certificate, 22 January 1877. Brown appears to have been put forward for
election twice. The January certificate gives the address of relatives in Auckland
where Brown spent some time while on furlough from his mission duties. The address
given here was the address he used for correspondence while in the field. See also
M to H. Rawlinson, 3 November 1874 (in this edition as 74-11-03a).
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(Signed) Ferd.von Mueller, M.D
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Not M's autograph signature; name in the hand that completed the certificate.
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F.R.G.S
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{ From personal Knowledge
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Rawson W Rawson
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F.R.G.S.
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J. A. Grant
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F.R.G.S.
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Proposed
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May 14th 1877
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Elected
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May 28th 1877
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Annotated Died 1904 and Removed 1904. The date of death is in error: Brown died on 7 April 1917.
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