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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1883-6. 85.04.00bPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1885-04 [85.04.00b]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-04-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures.
FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
E. Haviland Esq.,
Sydney
a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especially
Botany
being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names
are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that Honour.
Ferd. Mueller M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph. D., F. L. S
Robt D Fitzgerald, F. L. S.
This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.
N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his
Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.
This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the
4th day of
June 1885
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To have been read at the June meeting, the nomination form must have been completed
by April 1885; the letter is numbered accordingly.
The Ballot will take place on the
18th day of
June 1885
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Annotated front: BDJ [B. D. Jackson]
back: Edwin Haviland elected 18 June 1885.
The file includes the obligation form signed by Haviland, undertaking to pay the fees
while he remained a member.
Haviland withdrew from the Fellowship during the session 1888-89 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society, session 1888-89, p. 11).