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RBG Kew, Letters to J. G. Baker, f. 65. 90.08.12Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Baker, 1890-08-12. 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/1890-6/1890/90-08-12-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026
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Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 22. Sep. 90.
Let me offer my best felicitation, dear Mr Baker, to your promotion, so well earned.
Yours must be a very happy existence, all the more as you have a young talented son
in the bot. Department of the British Museum,
who can cooperate to some extent with you, and whom you can further guide in his
career.
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John Baker was promoted from Principal Assistant to Keeper of the Herbarium and Library
upon the resignation of Professor Daniel Oliver (Gardeners’ chronicle, 21 June 1890, p. 770).
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Edmund Baker.
With regardful remembrance
your
Ferd. von Mueller.