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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1887-90. 87.01.00

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1887-01. 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/1880-9/1887/87-01-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

January 1887
We the Undersigned beg to recommend
George Perrin
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George Perrin underlined in red pencil.
Esqr., Conservator of Forests for Tasmania, Hobart,
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Conservator ... Hobart underlined in red pencil.
as a worthy Candidate for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society of London, he being constantly engaged in dendrologic studies and evincing also great interest in other branches of phytology.
Ferd von Mueller M& Ph.D., F.L.S.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.
Robt Fitzgerald, F.L.S.
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The MS is in M’s hand, with autograph signatures of Woolls and Fitzgerald.
MS annotations front of sheet: Read 7 April 1887 | Ballot 5 May 1887 and 7 April 1887; back of sheet: George Perrin | elected 5 May 1887.