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Biographical register ¶ The biographical register provides short accounts of the lives of individuals mentioned in this edition of Ferdinand von Mueller’s correspondence. It comprises newly written en.... 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/data/letters/apparatus/biographical-register.doc>, accessed May 9, 2024
Biographical register
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ABBAY, Richard (1844-1924). Clergyman.
Entries from Home et al. follow the styles used in those volumes, for example:
FORSTER, Johann Reinhold, 1729-98, German polymath.
Names of correspondents are being added in tranches as they are completed; they are
sorted into alphabetical order within the whole file. Priority is being given to entries
for Mueller’s correspondents. The date of the most recent update is given in the note.
In the revised entries hypertext links, if available, are provided where a major source
is used. For newspapers, especially, the link may be to a section of a page that contains
other material as well as the item concerned. Neither the editors nor the Royal Botanic
Gardens are responsible for the stability of such links. Preference has been given
to sites using persistent links, such as doi, permalink, or handle URLs, and to links not behind a paywall, although if access is not available elsewhere
links to sites commonly available through institutional or personal subscription are
provided, for example to JSTOR and ProQuest. Links to the HathiTrust Digital Library are provided only if at the time of linking the item is available without geographical
restriction. In a small number of cases, links have been provided to publicly available
versions placed by authors in depositories; such links are provided on the understanding
that authors have deposited items within the copyright or contractual arrangements
they have with their publishers. If evidence of inappropriate deposit is found, these
links will be removed.
In the revised text recipients of letters from Mueller or authors of those to him
for whom basic biographical information has not been found are included, with a note
to the period when they were known to be active. Entries are not provided, however,
for other individuals mentioned in fewer than three letters for whom no further information
could be found. These are mostly persons known only from lists of donors of living
material or herbarium specimens, or recipients of such exchanges, that are published
in Mueller’s reports to Government. Letters where people mentioned have not been identified
normally have a note ‘not further identified’. Individuals mentioned in three or more
letters for whom incomplete data are available are entered in the directory, with
an indication of when they were active.
Where Mueller named plants after a person mentioned in the letters, the names originally
given are in italics following the entry. If the current name is different synonyms
are not provided but can be found in APNI under the entry for the name Mueller gave.
Abbreviations in revised entries:
Abbreviations for source publications are included in the Editors’ citations file,
as abbreviation and as expansion, for example: AMPI cross referred to Australian Medical
Pioneers Index.
ADC: Aide-de-Camp.
ALS: Associate of the Linnean Society of London.
BA: Bachelor of Arts.
Blue Books: lists of public servants, issued under a variety of titles. For Victoria
see
New Parliamentary Papers Database
.
CB: Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
ChB: Bachelor of Surgery.
ChM: Master of Surgery.
CIE: Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.
CMG: Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
CMZSL: Corresponding Member Zoological Society of London.
DCL: Doctor of Civil Law.
DD: Doctor of Divinity.
DrMed: Doctor of Medicine.
DrPhil: Doctor of Philosophy.
DSc: Doctor of Science.
FGS: Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
FLS: Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.
FRCP: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
FRCS: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
FRGS: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
FRS: Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
FRSE: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
FZSL: Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.
GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George.
JP: Justice of the Peace.
K: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.
KBE: Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
KCB: Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
KCIE: Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.
KCMG: Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George.
KH: Knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
LLB: Bachelor of Laws.
LFPS: Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons.
LRCP: Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.
LRCSE: Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh).
LSA: Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries.
M: Ferdinand von Mueller, used in references to letters in the collected correspondence.
MA: Master of Arts.
MB: Bachelor of Medicine.
MD: Doctor of Medicine.
MEL: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
MLA: Member of the Legislative Assembly.
MLC: Member of the Legislative Council.
MRCP: Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
MRCS: Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
MRCSE: Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
NSW: New South Wales.
NT: Northern Territory [of South Australia]
NZ: New Zealand.
Qld: Queensland.
RHS: Royal Horticultural Society.
SA: South Australia.
Tas: Tasmania.
UK: United Kingdom.
USA: United states of America.
WA: Western Australia