Wall tablet at Dinton, Buckinghamshire commemorating Lieutenant Henry Raper RN d. 1859
Location
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Dinton, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / HENRY RAPER, / LIEUTENANT R.N. OF FORD / A MEMBER OF / THE ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES / AND AUTHOR OF / "THE PRACTICE OF NAVIGATION," A WORK UNIVERSALLY ADOPTED BY THE NAVAL SERVICE. / DEVOTING HIS LIFE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF NAUTICAL SCIENCE / AND COMBINING ENERGY OF WILL / WITH THE EXERCISE OF A STRONG INTELLECT / HE ENDEARED HIMSELF TO ALL BY HIS WARMTH OF HEART / AND BY HIS UNSWERVING PRINCIPLE OF / INTEGRITY AND JUSTICE. / THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW, / IN TESTIMONY OF HIS ZEALOUS EMPLOYMENT / OF THESE TALENTS / WITH WHICH GOD IN HIS BOUNTY HAD ENDOWED HIM, / IN ORDER TO / MAKE HIM "WISE UNTO SALVATION, AND USEFUL IN HIS GENERATION."/ HE DIED AT TORQUAY, JANUARY 6th 1859. AGED 59 YEARS "THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED"'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble mounted and grey marble
Artists: C. Parker
People
Age: 59
Date of Death: 6/1/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Amongst his achievements are the development of lunar distance and his work, The Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.
Recorder: E.V. Wright