James Rennie (naturalist)

James Rennie (26 February 1787, Sorn – 1867, Adelaide) was a Scottish naturalist.

from Glasgow University where he had previously studied natural sciences, and took holy orders.

Rennie emigrated to Australia, 1840, where he ran the College High School in Elizabeth Street, Sydney, with an emphasis on the arts and natural history.

Among the books that Rennie edited was Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in 1833.

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Rennie's Alphabet of Scientific Angling For the Use of Beginners (1833), showing John Wilson using his pen name Christopher North