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was delighted. But it was then, enjoying his astronomy, showing off his English, and gratifying his vanity in front of foreign dignitaries, that he contracted a fever from which he never recovered. He returned to Bangkok and was dead within a few weeks. The work which he had started was carried on by his Prime Minister, Praya Suriwongse, who acted as Regent of the country until the Crown Prince Chulalongkorn came of age. His reign was successful but the way had been opened by his father, King Mongkut.
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The quoted passages listed 1-6 are from the following:-
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From 'Siam and Sir James Brooke' by Nicholas Tarling in the Journal of the Siam Society, vol. XLVII Part 2, November 1960.
4. From The Kingdom and People of Siam by Sir John Bowring, London, 1857.
5. From Mongkut, the King of Siam by Abbot Law Moffat, Cornell University Press, 1961.
6. From 'English Correspondence of King Mongkut' in the Journal of the Siam Society, vol. XXII, July 1928.