The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Nomination of a 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. ¶ Melbour...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 87.10.26c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1887-10-26 [87.10.26c]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-10-26c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS is a handwritten facsimile of the Society's then current form, prepared by Macdonald; autograph signatures of other proposers; address and date line added by M.

Nomination of a Candidate for Election

Name	Ernest Favenc
Description	Australian Explorer Author of “The great Austral Plain”, “Western Australia”, “History of Australian Exploration” — etc. 2 Favenc (1881), Favenc (1887) and Favenc (1888).
Residence	Sydney

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

Ferd. von Mueller,	FRGS	{ From personal knowledge
A. C. Macdonald	FRGS
Wm Potter	F.R.G.S.
Crawford Pasco RN.	F.R.G.S. 3 Annotated: Proposed12th Dec '87 \| Elected 16th Jan 88 \| Never qualified (i.e. did not pay the subscription). Favenc was later elected FRGS on 16 November 1908 (Geographical Journal, vol. 32, part 6, 1908, p. 634); he had, however, died in Sydney on 14 November 1908 (ADB), not after the election as implied in the RGS obituary notice (Geographical Journal, vol. 33, part 3, 1909, p. 337).

Melbourne, 26 Oct 1887