Conversation so far:
What did Maury do later in Matthew Fontaine Maury's life?
Maury accepted a teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute, holding the chair of physics.
How long did he teach at the Virginia Military Institute?
when he collapsed giving a speech.
He went home after he recovered and told Ann Hull Herndon-Maury, his wife, "I have come home to die..

Question: Did he die?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Matthew Fontaine Maury die?