words of Dr. Glaisher when he says, "Strangers who first met him were
invariably struck by his simple and unaffected manner. He was a
delightful companion, always cheerful and genial, showing in society
but few traces of his really shy and retiring disposition. His
nature was sympathetic and generous, and in few men have the moral
and intellectual qualities been more perfectly balanced."

In 1863 he married the daughter of Haliday Bruce, Esq., of Dublin and
up to the close of his life he lived at the Cambridge Observatory,
pursuing his mathematical work and enjoying the society of his
friends.

He died, after a long illness, on 21st January, 1892, and was
interred in St. Giles's Cemetery, on the Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.