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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Asociates, 1877-82. 81.03.00

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1881-03. 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/1880-9/1881/81-03-00-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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The MS is in M's hand; the other supporters have signed individually.
We the undersigned beg to propose
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For Election added in pencil by (?)B. Jackson after ‘propose’.
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John Forrest Esqr., Gold-medalist and F.RGS, Chevalier of the Order of the Italian Crown, Hon. Member of the Royal Italian Geographic Society, &c to the honor of being elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, In consideration of his efforts for the elucidation of Australian plants during his extensive geographical journeys.
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., F.L.S.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.
Robert Fitzgerald, F.L.S.
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Forrest was proposed on 20 May 1881 and elected on 16 June.
March 1881