for the Advancement of Science on whose committee he served. He died on 4 October 1919 at home in Blackheath, London, and is buried in St Mary’s Church, Greenwich at his own request. Legacy In 1922, Lansdell's wife Mary bequeathed a large collection of items he had collected on his travels to Canterbury Museum (now Canterbury Heritage Museum) as "a memorial to my late husband". Works (2 volumes) (2 volumes) (2 volumes) References External links Items donated by Lansdell to Canterbury Museum 1841 births 1919 deaths People from Tenterden Alumni of St John's College, Nottingham 19th-century English Anglican priests English explorers Explorers of Central Asia Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society English travel writers English Anglican missionaries English male non-fiction writers Anglican missionaries in China