James Rennell: Difference between revisions

 

In later life Rennell suffered from gout and in 1829 he fell from a chair and broke his thigh. He died on 29 March 1830 at his home on Suffolk Street. He was interred in the nave of [[Westminster Abbey]], and there is a tablet to his memory, with a bronze bust by Ludwig Hagbold, near the western door.<ref>'The Abbey Scientists' Hall, A.R. p49: London; Roger & Robert Nicholson; 1966</ref> The year of his death saw the foundation of the [[Royal Geographical Society]].<ref name="DNB" /> His collection of books were gifted by his heirs to the Royal Geographical Society.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Alison M.|date=1982|title=The Rennell Collection|jstor=634241|journal=The Geographical Journal|volume=148|issue=1|pages=38–42|doi=10.2307/634241}}</ref>

 

== Personal life ==