James Rennie

James Rennie (26 February 1787, Sorn – 1867, Adelaide) was a Scottish naturalist. In 1815 he graduated MA from Glasgow University where he had previously studied natural sciences and became a priest. In 1821 he moved to London. From 1830 to 1834 he was professor of natural history and zoology at King's College. From then on he made his living as a natural history author. Rennie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1845. Rennie eventually emigrated to Australia.

He wrote, among many other books, "The Natural History of Insects" published by John Murray (1829) co-authored by John Obadiah Westwood;"Insect Architecture" (1830), a very popular work originally in the Library of Entertaining Knowledge but reissued in 1857 John Murray and "Alphabet of Botany for use of beginners" (1834).

References

*Anonym 1868 [Rennie, J.] "Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" (3) 4 1867-68 191.
*Salmon, M. A. 2000 "The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Collectors". Martins, Great Horkesley, Harley Books 1-431(142-143).

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?q=rennie+james+insect&btnG=Search+Books Google books] Several works

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DATE OF BIRTH=26 February 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sorn, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH=1867
PLACE OF DEATH=Adelaide, Australia