The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow. ¶ Dated th...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 86.12.22

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1886-12-22. 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/1880-9/1886/86-12-22-final.odt>, accessed June 18, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	Ralph Waldo Emerson MacIvor M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S., mem Phys. Soc. Lond.
Description	Professor of Chemistry & Agriculture
Residence	67, Great Clyde St. Glasgow formerly Technical College, Sydney, N.S.W.

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 22nd day of December 1886

(Signed) Ferd von Mueller 1 M's name is in the hand that completed the certificate.	F.R.G.S	{ From personal Knowledge
S. Wm Silver	F.R.G.S.
	F.R.G.S.

Proposed	Jany 17th	1887
Elected	2 No election date is entered on the face of the certificate, but it is recorded on the back of the certificate as 'Jany 31st.' There is another certificate for MacIvor; see M to the Royal Geographical Society, 1 October 1880 (in this edition as 80-10-01a).	1887 3 Annotated: Removed 1896.