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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1891-7. 93.03.25aPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1893-03-25 [93.03.25a]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-03-25a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026
Melbourne 25/3/93
We the Undersigned beg to propose
Joseph Gabriel Esqr. Pharmaceutic Chemist of Abbotsford
near Melbourne for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, — he having fair claim to this honor through
his devotion to microscopic researches on bryozoa.
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293 Victoria Street
interlined in an unknown hand
before
Abbotsford
,
and followed
by
(Mins 24/8/93)
in the same hand.
Ferd. von Mueller, F.L.S.
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M’s autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures.
J. G. Luehmann FLS.
Chas. French F.L.S.
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Charles French, Snr.
Annotations, front: Read 4 May 1893 Ballot 1 June 1893;
back: Joseph Gabriel| elected 1st June 1893.
The file includes the obligation form signed and dated 24 August 1893 by Gabriel,
undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member.
Gabriel withdrew from the Fellowship ‘during the past official year’ (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, session 1895–96, p. 14).