The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Certificates were presented in favour of Dr. John Day, ..., and were ordered to be suspended in the Meeting Room. ¶ ¶ Dr. Day's was signed from Personal Knowledge, R. L. J. Ellery

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Royal Society of London, JBO - Journal Books. 80.00.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of London, 1880 [80.00.00b]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-00-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from the Journal Books (JBO - meetings of the ordinary meetings of the Society), entry for the meeting of 18 November 1880.

[Certificates were presented in favour of Dr. John Day, ..., and were ordered to be suspended in the Meeting Room.

Dr. Day's was signed from Personal Knowledge, R. L. J. Ellery – Ferdinand von Mueller - and George Verdon; and from General Knowledge, Alfred Taylor – John Tomes – and G. Owen Rees.]

In November 2019 neither the printed List of Candidates (see Home (2002), p. 312), which would include the citation provided by the supporters, nor Day's lapsed certificate could be produced. Day was not elected in the next ballot in 1881, and was not brought forward in a later year (Home (2003), p. 72). Taylor, Tomes and Rees were UK based, respectively a surgeon, a dentist and a physician.