| Authorised form of name | Rennell; James (1742 - 1830) |
| Dates | 1742 - 1830 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Upcott, near Chudleigh, Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 03 December 1742 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 29 March 1830 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Nave of Westminster Abbey, London |
| Research field | Geography |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy; left and joined the HEIC; Surveyor-General of the HEIC, Bengal
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/03/1781 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1791 for his paper on the Rate of Travelling as performed by Camels, printed in the last (81st) volume of the Philosophical Transactions'. |
| Relationships | His wife was Jane Thackeray, great-aunt of William Makepeace Thackeray, the novellist |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 1 pp 7-8
Notes:
Precise birth date from DSB - index to BR only gives year.
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
D Carr Agnew, 'Robert Fitzroy and the myth of 'Marsden Square': Transatlantic rivalries in early marine meteorology' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 21-46 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/76436481 |
| Royal Society code | NA3649 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MS/257/3/318 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 3 May 1829 |
| CB/1/6/46 | Letter from Major Rennell to Charles Blagden | nd |
| CB/1/6/47 | Letter from Major Rennell to Charles Blagden, at Sir Joseph Banks's, Soho Square | 17 May 1817 |
| NLB/10/395 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 November 1894 |
| MC/2/38 | Letter from Lady [Jane] Rodd, [40] Wimpole Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 21 May 1832 |
| MS/257/3/315 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 2 May 1825 |
| L&P/7/185/1 | Paper, 'Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter' by James Rennell | 1780 |
| L&P/7/185 | Paper, 'Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter' by James Rennell | 1780 |
| L&P/7/185/2 | Plate, 'Plan of part of the course of the Ganges to explain the nature of the steep and shelving banks' by James Rennell | 1780 |
| L&P/9/191/1 | Paper, 'On the rate of travelling, as performed by camels; and its application as a scale to the purposes of geography' by James Rennell | 1791 |
| L&P/10/54/1 | Paper, 'Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly' by James Rennell | 1793 |
| IM/003787 | Rennell, James | nd |
| IM/003786 | Rennell, James | nd |
| EC/1780/18 | Rennell, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/3/25 | Paper, 'On the effect of westerly winds in raising the level of the British Channel' by James Rennell in a letter to Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks | 21 June 1809 |
| PT/9/11 | Paper, 'Some further observations on the current that often prevails to the westward of the Scilly Islands' by James Rennell | [1815] |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| AP/3/15 | Unpublished paper, regarding infinite series by [James] Rennell | 1 November 1820 |
| MS/257/3/316 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 19 June 1825 |
| MS/257/3/314 | Letter from James Rennell, London to [Edward Sabine] | 17 June 1822 |
| MS/257/3/317 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 4 July 1826 |
| MS/257/3/313 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 16 May 1822 |
| MS/257/3/320 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 19th century |
| MS/257/3/319 | Letter from James Rennell to [Edward Sabine] | 25 October 1829 |
| L&P/9/191 | Paper, 'On the rate of travelling, as performed by camels; and its application as a scale to the purposes of geography' by James Rennell | 1791 |
| L&P/10/54 | Paper, 'Observations on a current that often prevails to the westward of Scilly' by James Rennell | 1793 |