Last Years
He was elected President of the Ethnological Society in 1861. He died in South Kensington, London on 11 May 1868 at the age of 85.
Read more about this topic: John Crawfurd
Famous quotes containing the word years:
“Porter: O.K., O.K., you win. Ill marry you. How bout it?
Lora May: Thanks. For nuthin.
Porter: Now what kind of an answer is that?
Lora May: I dont know. I just felt like it, thats all.
Porter: Well do all right, kid. Were startin out where it takes most marriages years to get.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (19091993)
“When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandoras box. What! all! said the Prince. Yes, all. No, said the Prince; curiosity must have been without.”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)