Rennell, James, geographer, born near Chudleigh, Devonshire; passed from the navy to the military service of the East India Company; became surveyor-general of Bengal; retired in 1782; author of many works on the topography of India, hydrography, &c.; the “Geographical System of Herodotus Examined and Explained” is his most noted work (1742-1830).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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