have sometimes thought that it was possibly my mission to affirm and establish these great truths." Tributes In 1844 the University of Giessen conferred upon him the degree of D.D. In 1850 he received a pension for life from the Government. He died on 25 November 1854 at Cannstatt in Germany. Kitto Road in New Cross (South London), built in the late 19th century by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, is believed to have been named after John Kitto. In 1989 the Burrington Secondary Modern School in Plymouth was renamed the John Kitto Comprehensive School in his honour, and later, the John Kitto Community College. In September 2010 it became the All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth. Family John Kitto's son, John Fenwick Kitto, was an Anglican priest who served as Rector of Whitechapel, Rector of Stepney, and Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Selected works Uncle Oliver's travels in Persia (1838) The Pictorial History of Palestine and The Holy Land including a Complete History of the Jews (1839–40) Vol. I. Biblical History. Vol. II. Biblical History, Continued. Natural History And Geography. Palestine: the Physical Geography and Natural History of the Holy Land, Illustrated with Woodcuts (1841) The History of Palestine, From the Patriarchal Age to the Present Time (Textbook 1843) STANDARD SCHOOL BOOK - Price 3s. 6d., or with Map of Palestine, 4s. THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE, FROM THE PATRIARCHAL AGE TO THE PRESENT TIME; With Introductory Chapters on the Geography and Natural History of the Country And on the Customs and Institutions of the Hebrews. By JOHN KITTO, D.D., F.S.A., Editor of the "Pictorial Bible", &c., &c. With Questions for Examination. By ALEX REID, A.M., Rector of Circus Place School. This work has been undertaken with the view of supplying what has long been felt as a desideratum in Schools, —a History of Palestine, with Accounts of the Geography of the country, and of the Customs and Institutions of its ancient inhabitants, such as have been introduced with much advantage in recent school histories of other nations. The History has been written expressly for its present use, and is in no respect an abridgment of the author's larger work, the Pictorial History of Palestine. In its preparation simplicity and precision of style qualifications so essential to the usefulness of a School-book have been steadily kept in view; and the descriptive portion of the work is liberally embellished with Wood