| Authorised form of name | Mueller; Sir; Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich (1825 - 1896) |
| Dates | 1825 - 1896 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Rostock, Germany |
| Date of birth | 30 June 1825 |
| Place of death | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of death | 09 October 1896 |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
PhD (Kiel); MD
Career:
Went to Australia due to pulmonary problems and began botanical work (1847); Director, Botanical Department of Victoria; Director, Melbourne Botanic Garden (1857-1873); Botanist to the North Australian Overland Exploring Expedition (before 1861); title of Baron conferred on him by the King of Wurtemburg
Honours:
KCMG 1879; CMG 1869
Memberships:
FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1861 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1888 |
| Relationships | Son of a Commissioner of Customs; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1898 vol 63 pp xxxii-xxxvi signed by J D H
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/95199327 |
| Royal Society code | NA6745 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/003207 | Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich | nd |
| NLB/2/672 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 October 1888 |
| NLB/2/806 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Honorable Sir Graham Berry, Agent General for Victoria | 9 November 1888 |
| NLB/7/934 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson] | 29 May 1893 |
| NLB/13/582 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 October 1896 |
| EC/1861/08 | Mueller, Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/690 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster [Royal Society] | 11 October 1888 |
| NLB/10/524 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | 11 December 1894 |
| MC/12/99 | Letter from Ferd [Ferdinand] von Mueller, Melbourne, to [Alexander William Williamson], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 October 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/15/1 | Letter from Ferdinand von Mueller, Melbourne, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, President of the Royal Society | 1 January 1889 |
| MC/14/352 | Letter from [Henry Frederick] Ponsonby, Buckingham Palace, to [Michael] Foster | 5 November 1888 |
| MC/16/31 | Letter from Ferdinand [Jacob Heinrich] von Mueller, Melbourne, to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin | 23 April 1893 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| MC/14/110 | Letter from Alexander Sutherland, Honourable Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 26 February 1886 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| MC/16 | Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1893-1896 |