bomb damage during the Second World War, the remainder of the building is a listed structure. The library closed in 2006. The striking building housing the Deep public aquarium is situated at Sammy's Point, at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary. It was designed by Sir Terry Farrell, and construction completed in 2001. Notable people John Venn (1834–1923), logician and inventor of the Venn Diagram, was born in Drypool, son of Rev. Henry Venn, Rector of Drypool William Wilberforce MP, the famous anti-slavery campaigner was patron of Drypool Parish Isaac Reckitt founded Reckitt & Sons in Dansom Lane, Drypool in 1840, selling starch. David Whitfield (1925–1980), a popular British male tenor vocalist born, raised and lived in Drypool, he began his love affair with singing as a choir boy at St Peter's Church. See also Bridges on the River Hull, North Bridge and its ancestors, Drypool, Myton, South and other bridges cross the River Hull into Drypool Drypool and Marfleet Steam Tramways Company, early Hull tramway company The Garden Village, Kingston upon Hull, model village housing development to the north. List of areas in Kingston upon Hull Notes References Sources Maps and locations External links The Citadel Wards and districts of Kingston upon Hull Geographic histories of Kingston upon Hull