The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ We the undersigned Fellows of the Linnean Society recommend Mr Richard Thomas Baker, assistant Curator of the Technological Museum Sydney, as a fit and proper person to become a Fellow of the said ...

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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1891-7. 92.12.05a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1892-12-05 [92.12.05a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-12-05a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

We the undersigned Fellows of the Linnean Society recommend Mr Richard Thomas Baker, assistant Curator of the Technological Museum Sydney, as a fit and proper person to become a Fellow of the said Society.

He possesses a creditable knowledge of New South Wales plants, and has depicted a number of them with much ability.

Ferd. von Mueller

J. H. Maiden

William Woolls

Maiden autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures.

5/12/92

Annotations: Front: Read 16 February 1893 Ballot 16 March 1893

Back: Richard Thomas Baker elected 16th March 1893.