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. 91.09.19

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1891-09-19. 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/1890-6/1891/91-09-19-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	William Herbert Jones
Description	Traveller, and lecturer on Geography [&c]
Residence	Melbourne – Australia

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 19th day of September 1891 at Me lbou rne

The body of the certificate, including the date, is completed in an unknown hand; autograph signatures of supporters.

Ferd. von Mueller	F.R.G.S	{ From personal Knowledge
Wm.[A] Potter	F.R.G.S.
A.C. Macdonald	F.R.G.S.

Proposed

Elected

10th Nov

23rd —

1891

MS annotation in ink: 'TRNS GARRISON W. H.'

A file card headed 'Duplicate' , with spaces for 'Name', in which is entered ‘Garrison, Wm. Herbert', and 'Proposed as' with the entry 'Jones, W. H. | 1899' is filed under 'Garrison'; there is an annotation 'Died 1935' in the same hand as completed the details. 1899 presumably refers to the date of the name-change. There is a pencil annotation in another hand '[See ref only]'.