استقال من وظيفته عندما اشتد عليه المرض، وعندما وصل مرضه لمرحل مميته عاد إلى بيت عائلته في كوبفراي حيث توفي عام 1852 بعد يومين من بلوغه سن 43.
When his condition reached mortal danger, he was taken back to his family home in Coupvray, where he died in 1852, two days after he had reached the age of forty-three.