Editing James Cook (section)

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Cook was promoted to the rank of [[post-captain]] and given an honorary retirement from the Royal Navy, with a posting as an officer of the [[Greenwich Hospital, London|Greenwich Hospital]].{{sfn|Collingridge|2003|pp=324-325}} He reluctantly accepted, insisting that he be allowed to quit the post if an opportunity for active duty should arise.<ref name="Beaglehole">{{harvnb|Beaglehole|1974|p=444.}}</ref> His fame extended beyond the Admiralty: he was made a [[Royal Society|Fellow of the Royal Society]] and awarded the [[Copley Medal|Copley Gold Medal]] for completing his second voyage without losing a man to [[scurvy]].<ref name="Rigby79">{{harvnb|Rigby|van der Merwe|2002|p=79.}}</ref> [[Nathaniel Dance-Holland]] painted his portrait; he dined with [[James Boswell]]; and he was described in the [[House of Lords]] as "the first navigator in Europe".<ref name="G_Williams" />