Rennell, James, 1742-1830

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Geographer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to James Burney, 1819 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527983

Epithet: Major

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0002ef

English geographer of India.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified Lord, 1813 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617216

"Father of Indian geography." Surveyor-General of Bengal, 1764. Major in the Bengal Engineers, 1776. Published his Bengal Atlas in 1779.

From the description of Letter : Nassau Street, Middx. Hospital, 1816 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615821

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Birth 1742-12-03

Death 1830-03-29

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