 Mill, it might be noted, never held a university post—nor did he even attend university himself—except for the “honorary” position of Rector of the University of St Andrews. He was, throughout his life, a religious sceptic, having been “brought up from the first without any religious belief” (Autobiography, I: 41; see also Matz 2017). He died in Avignon on 7 May 1873, and was buried next to his wife.