Charles E. Goad
Charles Edward Goad (March 15, 1848 – June 10, 1910) was a noted cartographer and civil engineer. Goad is most noted for his insurance surveys of cities in Canada, Great Britain, and elsewhere. Fire insurance companies needed to know in detail the nature and size of buildings, width of streets, construction, building materials and the proximity of fire services and water supplies in order to estimate appropriate premiums.
Also recorded as Chas. E. Goad · Charles Edward Goad
Charles E. Goad
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- Birthplace
- Camberwell, Surrey, England
- Born
- March 15, 1848
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 10 June 1910
- Occupation
- cartographer and civil engineer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Languages
- English.
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Goad established a company (the Charles E. Goad Company) in 1875 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to produce maps to provide this information. These and like maps are now referred to as Goad maps. Goad returned to England in 1885 and began work in Britain. Goad was a member of the following societies: • American Society of Civil Engineers • Canadian Society of Civil Engineers • London Chamber of Commerce & Industry • Engineers' Club of New York • Statistical Society of London • Imperial Institute The Goad trademark is now a part of Experian. Goad Company continued business after Goad's death but stopped insurance work in 1917 and ceased cartographic business in Canada by 1931 when it was acquired by Underwriter's Survey Limited.
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• Birthplace — Camberwell, Surrey, England • Born — March 15, 1848 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Died — 10 June 1910 • Occupation — cartographer and civil engineer
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1848
Charles E. Goad was born on 15 March 1848.
1910
Charles E. Goad died in 1910 at Toronto.
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- 1.Biography – GOAD, CHARLES EDWARD – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. www.biographi.ca.
- 2.Charles E. Goad Company - Archeion. www.archeion.ca.
- 3.Archives, The National. The Discovery Service. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
- 4.Charles E. Goad fire insurance map collection, 1894-1909. hdl.loc.gov. 1894.
- 5.Rowley, Gwyn (2004) 'Goad, Charles Edward (1848–1910)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- 6.Rowley, Gwyn (1984) Fire insurance plans , Charles E. Goad Ltd
- 7.Rowley, Gwyn (1994) 'Fire Insurance Plans', in Helen Wallis (ed.), Historians' Guide to Early British Maps
- 8.Experian website: search results for "Goad"
- 9.Charles E Goad Ltd Science Museum Group Collection. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk.
- 10.Brown, George W. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Springer Science & Business Media. 1966. 978-0-8020-3998-9.
- 11.heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_103428
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