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. 91.01.28

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1891-01-28. 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/1890-6/1891/91-01-28-final.odt>, accessed June 17, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	Lewis 1 i.e. Louis. Lawrence Smith, Esq. L.[S.A.], M.L.A
Description Residence	Surgeon Collins Street East, Melbourne

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 28th day of January 1891

2 Wm Potter deleted and marked S.O. ’90. [i.e. 'Struck Off 1890']. See Potter's certificate, 4 September 1878 (in this edition as 78-09-04).	F.R.G.S.	{ From personal knowledge
T. F. Bride	F.R.G.S.
Ferd von Mueller	F.R.G S.

Proposed	9th Feby	1891
Elected	23rd	1891 3 Annotation: Never Qualified. Smith had previously been elected FRGS on 13 May 1889, based on a certificate dated 19 February 1889 signed by Robert T. Litton, E. Delmar Morgan and J. A. Grant. That cetificate is annotated 'died 1910', suggesting that Smith was a Fellow in good standing from 1889 until his death. The handwriting indicates that the present certificate was completed by William Potter and countersigned by Bride and M.