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Matthew Flinders died 19 July 1814.

According to his biography by Ernest Scott, during his captivity in Mauritius, he developed a painful "constitutional internal trouble" - seeming to cause great pain in his stomach.

After his return to Britain, in 1813, a year before he died, the pain reoccurred and became much worse. His wife complained to a friend that he had aged so much that he looked 70, and was "worn to a skeleton." (he was only 39.)

Based on modern definitions we may never know precisely what disease killed Flinders. It seems that it might have been some sort of stomach or intestinal disease that was long-term, recurrent and caused wasting. Possibly some form of cancer, ulcers or colitis.

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