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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 77.05.14

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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
Name
Revd. George Brown C.M.Z.S
1
Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society.
Title
Residence
Care of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
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
2
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).
(Signed) Ferd.von Mueller, M.D
3
Not M's autograph signature; name in the hand that completed the certificate.
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F.R.G.S
{ From personal Knowledge
Rawson W Rawson
F.R.G.S.
J. A. Grant
F.R.G.S.
Proposed
May 14th 1877
Elected
May 28th 1877
4
Annotated Died 1904 and Removed 1904. The date of death is in error: Brown died on 7 April 1917.