George Samuel Measom
Illustration — Portrait of Measom, ca.1860s Sir George Samuel Measom (3 December 1818 – 1 March 1901) was a British engraver and publisher who compiled guides to railway travel in Great Britain in the mid-19th century. In later life he became involved in charitable works, and was knighted in 1891.
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George Samuel Measom
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- 1818 · Blackheath.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- publisher · engraver
- Honours
- Knight Bachelor
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Portrait of Measom, ca.1860s Sir George Samuel Measom (3 December 1818 – 1 March 1901) was a British engraver and publisher who compiled guides to railway travel in Great Britain in the mid-19th century. In later life he became involved in charitable works, and was knighted in 1891.
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Measom was born in Blackheath, Kent, the son of Daniel Measom, a carver and gilder. In 1842, he married Sarah Hillman. During the 1840s, he developed his skills as an engraver and in 1849 published The Bible: its Elevating Influence on Man, a moral tale in illustrated form. From the 1850s onwards much of Measom's work related to descriptions of railways; his first railway work was the 1852 Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway. His railway works described the railways from the practical standpoint of a traveller, and all publications after the first took a title of the form The Official Illustrated Guide to.... By 1867 his books covered the entire British network. Sarah died in 1867, after which he remarried to Charlotte Simpson. From the 1880s, Measom became involved in charity work. He was treasurer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and promoted a related effort that later became the Battersea Dogs' Home, and supported the Royal Marsden hospital. He was knighted in 1891, for his public work. George Measom died on 1 March 1901 at home, Isleworth, Middlesex. He left no children.
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1818
George Samuel Measom born at Blackheath.
1901
George Samuel Measom died at Isleworth.
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George Samuel Measom is recorded as having received Knight Bachelor.
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